If you come quick

If you come quick,
you’ll still fi nd celebrations in the street;
if you come quick,
also a piece of orange-coloured sun, a late sun;
if you come quick,
don’t call me by name, I’ll hear you;
the door will be open, the way free,
the house is the last one, next to the fi eld.
Don’t call me by name, I’ll hear you;
I’ll wait with the evening
in the street.

If you come late,
the party in the street will have fi nished;
if you come late,
the night will be beside you as a friend;
if you come late,
the fl owers will stay closed until the morning;
if you come late,
how many words won’t have been said;
if you come late,
so much the worse for me…