Biographical Memoirs V.85 (2004)

We do not want to interrupt

the silence of our friendship.

Why destiny build such unions

to destroy them?

It is time without repair

as we remain with memories.

Let’s for a sustained moment

continue without losing what we lost.

Let’s remember his enjoyment of life

with family, students and friends

near the ocean, the sea that we loved

and the mountains so near.

And, above all the need to be with children

that will carry his torch,

his pride!

He cried, our eternal friend

with perseverance, without time,

with tears of stone

and thorns of crystals.

Yes, he cried and also we did

but most we laughed

and kept the smile

to see the birth and growth

of many that are present

and others in our thoughts!

—Edmond Yunis