First Bird’s Song
By John Herlihy

Do you know
When the first bird sings its song?
Listen and hear
When this bird announces the dawn.

Do you know
When the day has begun?
Listen and hear
When the first song is sung.

Do you know
When the morning has awoken?
Listen and hear
When the first bird has spoken.

Do you know
When the bird chorus follows?
Listen and hear
When melody soothes earth’s sorrows.

Do you know
When the first light shines?
Listen and hear
When the first sound chimes.

Do you know
When the darkness dies?
Listen and hear
When in dying the darkness sighs.

Do you know
When the first song is over?
Listen and see
When the eye sees 4-leaf clover.

The mysteries of the night
Finally give way,
To allow the mysteries of the day
To have their say.

The bird’s first song
Simply arrives out of the blue.
Without this first song
The dawn would never come true .