There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And no one will know of the war, no one
Will care at last when it is done.
No one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone
Vendrán lluvias suaves y olores de la tierra,
y golondrinas que girarán con brillante sonido;
y ranas que cantarán de noche en los estanques
y ciruelos de tembloroso blanco,
petirrojos que vestirán plumas de fuego
silbarán en los alambres de las cercas;
y nadie sabrá nada de la guerra,
a nadie le interesará que haya terminado.
A nadie le importará, ni a los pájaros ni a los árboles,
si la humanidad se destruye totalmente;
y la misma primavera, al despertarse al alba
apenas sabrá que hemos desaparecido.
Former members of the great band SubRosa return as The Otolith, and their debut LP finds them at the peak of their mighty powers. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 24, 2022