And as of old on the day of the separation we carefully considered one another.
Their faces are nearer than ours to the color of the earth,
And we saw in their hands the primitive arms and tools, and in their midst were set the kings and the chieftains, and above their heads the ancient idols swayed,
The squatting, three-faced monsters, each brandishing six pairs of arms,
And camels also were there and ranks of elephants, and tigers in wooden cages,
And we heard the hollow thunder of gongs.
Thus we gazed at each other,
For our forebears descended on Europe, who like a man with outstretched arms lies upon the bosom of the waters,
And theirs remained to multiply in the place in which they were.
And we had lived our life in war and in tears, beset