The little candle

When your love light seems to fade, turn your eyes to see.

A thousand flickering candle lights that shine for you and me.

Every little candle, shining in the night,

Finds its glow in moon and stars,

That share with us their light.

ちいさなキャンドル

あなたの愛の光が消えかかりそうな時、

どうか、あなたの瞳が見つめる方向を変えてください。

1000本ものキャンドルの灯りが、あなたと私のためにともっています。

夜の闇でほのかな光を揺らめかせている、小さなキャンドルたちのすべては、

月と星々のもとで、確かな光を宿すことを見つけ、

やがてその光を私たちに分け与えてくれるのです。

By Suzette Ellison. early childhood teacher

from Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow

This poem was written by a kindergarten teacher to a boy who had lost his father. This text is the end part of a fantasy of a (lonely) candle, which she created.