Fernando Pessoa : "Symphony of a Restless Night"

Taken from "The Book of Disquiet" translated by Richard Zenith.

32. Symphony of a Restless Night

Everything was sleeping as if the universe were a mistake. The wind, blowing uncertainly, was a formless flag unfurled over a non-existent army post. High, strong gusts ripped through nothing at all, and the window-frames shook their panes to make the edges rattle. Underlying everything, the hushed night was the tomb of G…