the green tree-python's moved out
it weaves no noose round its clutch
it has taken with it the rough skinshirt
which is all it has to pass down
and turban-hangs high in a heaventree

the green tree-python's moved out
has left just a few clods of dirt
is he buried in some grave
was he eaten up by the hyena
that naps lazy today in the shade

the green tree-python's moved out
its lattice cell's empty and dark
how happy the claws talons nails
in the zoo just one house mourns
decked in the snake's cast-off jade

a green room-python's moved in
i fled from Apep and Re's boats
straight into Rekrek's snakegut
and chasing snarlthings in their hutch
i fall into Adam's dream:

the tired tree-python's moved out
Translated by Pàdraig MacAoidh