Written in Lai Poetry form. The lai is another French form. It’s a nine-line poem or stanza that uses an “a” and “b” rhyme following this pattern: aabaabaab. The lines with an “a” rhyme use 5 syllables; the “b” rhyme lines have 2 syllables. It feels kind of like organized skeletonic verse.
the soul ages not, but agelessly grows; in sleep, in dreams, in realms immortals repose; refreshes and rejoices, born again it returns; from death to life we arose, resurrects, each, every dawn.
The Soul ages not, agelessly it grows In sleep each night, to realms unknown it goes. In dreams, lands immortals repose, hinted. Refreshed, renewed and rejuvenated, The Soul returns and we're resurrected.
