Yves Bonnefoy, little by little

This is the first part of a sequence by Yves Bonnefoy, titled L'été de nuit.  Another try at translating this beautiful poet.  (see original below)

SUMMER NIGHT

                  I

It seems to me, this evening,

That the starry sky, spread wide,

Draws near to us; and that the night,

Behind so many sparks, is less obscure.

And the leaves blaze too under the leaves,

The green, the orange of ripe fruit, intensified,

Lamp of an angel near; a shudder

Of hidden light seizes the universal tree.

It seems to me, this evening,

That we entered the garden, of which the angel

Has closed the gates without return.

from a sequence by Yves Bonnefoy