by Pavel Chichikov
In the deer yard lies the doe
No Gabriel alights nearby,
Vines around the maple grow
The sparrow and the warbler cry
If only not to Adam’s race,
If only not to Bethlehem,
But in this green and solemn place
Christ had come to sinless men
No magi in a donkey’s stall
Had traveled far to kneel and bless,
No Nazareth to save us all
Had soaked with blood our wretchedness
Or Judas served Him with a kiss
Though cleverness is seldom wise –
Perpetual is genesis
If none betray and nothing lies
But Mary is the sinless one
And Gabriel to her has gone,
It is the doe whose lying in
Delivers up the shining fawn
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