Bombastic, martial music
from fragile, sinking boats.
My heart is broken.
(No illustration. Just a dream, I hope.)
[portunhol surenho]
Bombástica música marcial
de barcos frágeis que afundam.
Meu corazón está quebrado.
[español]
Bombástica música marcial
de barcos frágiles que se hunden.
Mi corazón está roto.
[français]
Bombastic musique martiale
des bateaux fragiles et en train de couler.
Mon coeur est brisé.
Friday, September 14, 2018
Thursday, September 13, 2018
osdv svnoyi / ᎣᏍᏛ ᏒᏃᏱ (+translation)
osdv svnoyi, ulvdi ale dinadanvtledi. galvdu osdv!
ᎣᏍᏛ ᏒᏃᏱ, ᎤᎸᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎾᏓᏅᏞᏗ. ᎦᎸᏚ ᎣᏍᏛ!
Goodnight, sisters and brothers. Sleep well!
ᎣᏍᏛ ᏒᏃᏱ, ᎤᎸᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎾᏓᏅᏞᏗ. ᎦᎸᏚ ᎣᏍᏛ!
Goodnight, sisters and brothers. Sleep well!
aquatseli ulasidenadi (translation)
aquatseli ulasidenadi gesvase gadohi nahna.
aquatseli adasdelvdi nvlose,
tla galvloi nidvlenvda,
aseno elohi nidvlenvda.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᎳᏏᏕᎾᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎾᎿ.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏅᎶᏎ,
Ꮭ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ.
Our feet are on the ground.
Our deliverance will come,
not from the sky,
but from the earth.
aquatseli adasdelvdi nvlose,
tla galvloi nidvlenvda,
aseno elohi nidvlenvda.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᎳᏏᏕᎾᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎾᎿ.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏅᎶᏎ,
Ꮭ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ.
Our feet are on the ground.
Our deliverance will come,
not from the sky,
but from the earth.
aquatseli ulasidenadi / ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᎳᏏᏕᎾᏗ
aquatseli ulasidenadi gesvase gadohi nahna.
aquatseli adasdelvdi nvlose,
tla galvloi nidvlenvda,
aseno elohi nidvlenvda.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᎳᏏᏕᎾᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎾᎿ.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏅᎶᏎ,
Ꮭ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ.
aquatseli adasdelvdi nvlose,
tla galvloi nidvlenvda,
aseno elohi nidvlenvda.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᎳᏏᏕᎾᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎾᎿ.
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏅᎶᏎ,
Ꮭ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Gymnosophia LXV - "Adam" Is Thrown Out of the Garden
"eiecitque Adam
et conlocavit ante paradisum voluptatis
cherubin et flammeum gladium. . . "
--Genesis 3:24
For all my sisters and brothers.
"Adam" is thrown out
of the Garden,
there is no need,
it seems,
to mention Eve.
Who, or what,
is the "flaming sword?"
Is it not ourselves
and what we have built?
Is it not the things
that humans created
and Adam named?
Is it not Adam himself,
the only one the ancients found
worth mentioning,
with all his pomp
and privilege,
that closed the gates
of Paradise?
Yes, it is only ourselves,
and what we have created,
that bar us
from the Garden.
Stand down Angel,
and put by
thy sword,
for we,
female and male,
have found the key,
together,
and would enter.
et conlocavit ante paradisum voluptatis
cherubin et flammeum gladium. . . "
--Genesis 3:24
For all my sisters and brothers.
"Adam" is thrown out
of the Garden,
there is no need,
it seems,
to mention Eve.
Who, or what,
is the "flaming sword?"
Is it not ourselves
and what we have built?
Is it not the things
that humans created
and Adam named?
Is it not Adam himself,
the only one the ancients found
worth mentioning,
with all his pomp
and privilege,
that closed the gates
of Paradise?
Yes, it is only ourselves,
and what we have created,
that bar us
from the Garden.
Stand down Angel,
and put by
thy sword,
for we,
female and male,
have found the key,
together,
and would enter.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Gymnosophia LXIV - Our Aspirations Are Remote (+ptl, es, fr)
Our aspirations are remote,
the Reaper ever nearer.
The past, formative and
deep, has brought us here,
to speculate
on future
reunions.
[portunhol surenho]
Nossas aspirasones son remotas,
o Ceifador sempre mais perto.
O passado, formador y
profundo, nos trouxe aqui,
especular
em futuras
reuniones.
[español]
Nuestras aspiraciones son remotas,
el Segador cada vez más cerca.
El pasado, formativo y
profundo, nos ha traído aquí,
especular
en futuras
reuniones.
[français]
Nos aspirations sont lointaines,
le Moissonneur toujours plus près.
Le passé, formatif et
profond, nous a amené ici,
spéculer
sur des futures
réunions.
the Reaper ever nearer.
The past, formative and
deep, has brought us here,
to speculate
on future
reunions.
[portunhol surenho]
Nossas aspirasones son remotas,
o Ceifador sempre mais perto.
O passado, formador y
profundo, nos trouxe aqui,
especular
em futuras
reuniones.
[español]
Nuestras aspiraciones son remotas,
el Segador cada vez más cerca.
El pasado, formativo y
profundo, nos ha traído aquí,
especular
en futuras
reuniones.
[français]
Nos aspirations sont lointaines,
le Moissonneur toujours plus près.
Le passé, formatif et
profond, nous a amené ici,
spéculer
sur des futures
réunions.
I am obsessed with writing. It isn't much different from an opioid addiction, but it is legal, and no one is profiting from me except the makers of pens, notebooks, and computers. It has become something I have to do, and I can't stop.
It will never make me rich, but sometimes there is a payback. I try to break out of a bankrupt Western culture, translating Kashmiri and Sanskrit, writing in Udugi, and then, when I write something like Gymnosophia LXIII - And Adam Rested (published today, 11 September 2018), I am forced to acknowledge the depth of my European roots and cultural heritage. I may reject much of it, but it is still there.
But writing makes things clearer. I can see where we went wrong. It was pretty close to Genesis 2:21, so it was a long time ago. This culture is based on patriarchy, machismo, and male privilege. I have rejected it and actively resisted it for forty-five years, but it sure as hell is there.
Until we get past the mistakes that the ancients made in writing about Adam and Eve, and the Garden of Eden, we can never go back to it.
It will never make me rich, but sometimes there is a payback. I try to break out of a bankrupt Western culture, translating Kashmiri and Sanskrit, writing in Udugi, and then, when I write something like Gymnosophia LXIII - And Adam Rested (published today, 11 September 2018), I am forced to acknowledge the depth of my European roots and cultural heritage. I may reject much of it, but it is still there.
But writing makes things clearer. I can see where we went wrong. It was pretty close to Genesis 2:21, so it was a long time ago. This culture is based on patriarchy, machismo, and male privilege. I have rejected it and actively resisted it for forty-five years, but it sure as hell is there.
Until we get past the mistakes that the ancients made in writing about Adam and Eve, and the Garden of Eden, we can never go back to it.
