IV. Mort per aigua

( Those are pearls that were his eyes - Look! )

Flebes el fenici, mort fa quatre dies,
Oblidà el crit dels gavians, i l'onatge de l'oceà,
I el guany i la pèrdua.
                                         Un corrent submarí
Mormolant prengué els seus ossos. En l'ascens i la caiguda
Passà els estadis de la seva jove vida
Mentre entrava al remolí.
                                         Gentil o jueu!
Tu que menes el timó amb el vent en contra,
Pensa en Flebes, que un dia fou tan bell i tan alt
Com tu ho ets.


Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
                                           A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.
                                           Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as
  you.


T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land.

Der Fuchs - für Sonja

" In the Orient, it was believed that foxes were capable of assuming human form. In ancient Chinese lore, the fox acquires the faculty to become human at the age of 50, and on its hundredth birthday, it becomes either a wizard or a beautiful maiden who will ultimately destroy any man unlucky enough to fall in love with her. 'There are several American Indian tribes that tell tales of hunters who accidentally discovered their wives were foxes.' This is very symbolic of the idea of magic being born within the feminine energies, and that unless a male can recognize the magic of the feminine - in himself or others - and learn to use it to shapeshift his own life, it will ultimately lead to destruction. ( ... )The fox is a survivor and a great hunter. In spite of encroachment on its territory and the history of being hunted it has been exposed to, it still manages to survive. Its instincts are great. Some have said it has survived because of its cowardice, but this 'cowardice' is nothing more than the fox having learned to avoid potential danger. It will go out of its way to do so." Ted Andrews, Animal speak.

  

Ludwig

Alle Menschen werden Brüder

wo Dein sanfter Flügel weilt!