They said among themselves:
“Let's go underneath the tree, rest up
so an inner calm may drive away
these seeming nightmares we have lived through.”
Each of the men chose a place
and laid down, his back to the ground.
An instant later, their hunger went away 45.
Their thirst quenched, they were rested; all fatigue left them.
As soon as they had begun to sleep, the tree bloomed,
its foliage gave way and went to decorate a dead tree.
The first dried out like firewood
while the other across from it came to life.
The three friends found themselves under a parched sun
whose leaden heat roused them from sleep.
Words cannot describe their surprise.
What could explain this sudden mutation?
Demburu said:
“Usually, son of my mother, the bee gathers pollen from a tree in flower
and never tires in branches that death dries out.
Let us also move, and get in the shade.
We should leave this tree that nature has abandoned.”
The three gathered their things and left.
They went to settle under the coolness
of the tree that had just come to life.
It was then that Hamtudo declared:
“There is not a shadow of a doubt;
we are in a country of miracles.
Our eyes behold phenomena
that reason cannot comprehend.
All we see is Kaydara.
All we hear leads us to Kaydara.
Our master is Kaydara.
Why does the heart fail to see
and fail to teach the meaning of the symbols
that draw us on to lands
of the kingdom of Kaydara?

Notes (Lilyan Kesteloot)
45. Material food can be replaced by other forces; in initiation, a disciple can fast a whole day; then he says, “I am not hungry because I dine on the words of the master.”