Silvery clouds,
From where are you?
Yonder strangers,
what did you pass through?

If from the south
your white caravans are,
tell us what you
saw on the Nile from afar.

If you come from the east,
you, pilgrims, way-worn,
what did you see in that
land where miracles dawn?

If you have set out from
the Balkan green brassards,
then you, clouds, please
receive my warmest regards!