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MindkaiserLeave your comment. Pass on to temporary eternity... May 04 Κική Δημουλά - Άφησα να μην ξέρωΑπό τον κόσμο των γρίφων φεύγω ήσυχη. Δεν έχω βλάψει στη ζωή μου αίνιγμα: δεν έλυσα κανένα. Ούτε κι αυτά που θέλαν να πεθάνουν πλάι στα παιδικά μου χρόνια: έχω ένα βαρελάκι που 'χει δυο λογιών κρασάκι. Το κράτησα ως τώρα αχάλαστο ανεξήγητο, γιατί ως τώρα δυο λογιών κρασάκι έχουν λυμένα κι άλυτα που μου τυχαίνουν. Συμβίωσα σκληρά μ' έναν ψηλό καλόγερο που κόκαλα δεν έχει και δεν τον ρώτησα ποτέ ποιας φωτιάς γιος είναι, σε ποιο θεό ανεβαίνει και μου φεύγει. Δεν του λιγόστεψα του κόσμου τα προσωπιδοφόρα πλάσματά του, του ανάθρεψα του κόσμου το μυστήριο με θυσία και με στέρηση. Με το αίμα που μου δόθηκε για να τον εξηγήσω. Ό,τι ήρθε με δεμένα μάτια και σκεπασμένη πρόθεση έτσι το δέχτηκα κι έτσι τ' αποχωρίστηκα: με δεμένα μάτια και σκεπασμένη πρόθεση. Αίνιγμα δανείστηκα, αίνιγμα επέστρεψα. Άφησα να μην ξέρω πώς λύνεται ένα χθες, ένα εξαρτάται, το αίνιγμα των ασυμπτώτων. Άφησα να μην ξέρω τι αγγίζω, ένα πρόσωπο ή ένα βιάζομαι. Ούτε κι εσένα σε παρέσυρα στο φως να σε διακρίνω. Στάθηκα Πηνελόπη στη σκοτεινή ολιγωρία σου. Κι αν ρώτησα καμιά φορά πώς λύνεσαι, πηγή αν είσαι ή κρήνη, θα 'ταν κάποια καλοκαιριάτικη ημέρα που, Πηνελόπες και όχι, μας κυριεύει αυτός ο δαίμων του νερού για να δοξάζεται το αίνιγμα πώς μένουμε αξεδίψαστοι. Από τον κόσμο των γρίφων φεύγω ήσυχη. Aναμάρτητη: αξεδίψαστη. Στο αίνιγμα του θανάτου πάω ψυχωμένη. Το Λίγο του Κόσμου, Στιγμή 1994 ![]() January 20 Μελισσάνθη - Συμπόσιο (Τριολέτο)Μες στις μεγάλες στράτες, ντάλα μεσημέρι Στρώνουν οι μάγισσες κι οι στρίγγλες το σοφρά τους Τρώνε γουστέρες, σημιαμίδια, ψόφιους γάτους Δίνουν κατάρες, μούντζες, σ' όποιον δεν το ξέρει Κι ανύποπτος πατήσει μες στα φαγητά τους -Μες στις μεγάλες στράτες, ντάλα μεσημέρι- στρώνουν οι μάγισσες κι οι στρίγγλες το σοφρά τους.
(Φλεγόμενη βάτος) December 22 Αναγνωστάκης Μανώλης - ΕπιτύμβιονΠέθανες κι έγινες κι εσύ: ο καλός.
Δε θα 'σαι ο πρώτος ούτε δα κι ο τελευταίος. November 23 William Blake - The TigerTIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet? What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee? Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? October 28 William Butler Yeats - The Second ComingTurning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? (Dedicated to the economic crisis...) May 18 Terry Pratchett - The Colour of MagicSome pirates achieve immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying. March 13 Edgar Allan Poe - The Conqueror Worm
Lo! 'tis a gala night Mimes, in the form of God on high, That motley drama- oh, be sure But see, amid the mimic rout Out- out are the lights- out all! February 23 Καρυωτάκης Κώστας - Μικρή Ασυμφωνία εις Α Μείζον
A κύριε, κύριε Μαλακάση. November 05 Μάνος Χατζιδάκις - Η Ελλάδα ποτέ δεν πεθαίνειΠάντα μ' απασχολούσε το γνωστό εμβατήριο όσες φορές τ' άκουγα. Έλεγα μέσα μου, τι άραγες εννοεί; (...) Σκέφτηκα, σαν κάτι να φωτίστηκε μέσα μου, εφόσον η Ελλάδα δεν πεθαίνει ποτέ, πάει να πει πως και ποτέ δεν θα αναστηθεί. November 02 Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος - Ενός Λεπτού ΣιγήΕσείς που βρήκατε τον άνθρωπό σας
κι έχετε ένα χέρι να σας σφίγγει τρυφερά,
έναν ώμο ν' ακουμπάτε την πίκρα σας,
ένα κορμί να υπερασπίζει την έξαψή σας,
κοκκινίσατε άραγε για την τόση ευτυχία σας,
έστω και μια φορά;
είπατε να κρατήσετε ενός λεπτού σιγή
για τους απεγνωσμένους; September 24 William Golding - Lord of the FliesSaints and sinners
Something within us We are lord of flies Saints and sinners Something willing us To be lord of the flies August 15 Σιδηρόπουλος Παύλος - Κρίμα το ΠαιδίΗ γκόμενα σου είναι χαζή. Και 'συ μοιάζεις με τσόντα
Υπαλληλάκος δηλαδή της τάξης τρεις κι ογδόντα Έγινες σοβαρό παιδί, μ' αφεντικού μουσούδα Βαρύ πεπόνι δηλαδή και με χοντρή τη φλούδα Όπα, κρίμα το παιδί. Ο,τι, κάτσει κι ότι 'ρθει Ας την καρδιά σου να τα πει, κι αμόλησε καλούμπα Απ' το πρωί απ' τις επτά, μου ντύνεσαι στην πένα Και τρέχεις φίλε για δουλειά στου ταύρου την αρένα Μοιάζεις με μούμια αιγυπτιακή. Με μαραμένο φύλο Πιες να ξεδώσεις ρε παιδί κι αν θες παίξε και ξύλο Βρ' όπα, κρίμα το παιδί. Ο,τι, κάτσει κι ότι 'ρθει Ας την καρδιά σου να τα πει, στον χθεσινό σου φίλο Ξημέρωμα ζητάει ο καιρός. Να σου 'ρθω με κιθάρες Τω Καίσαρι, του Καίσαρος, καιρός γι' ανωμαλάρες Άσε τα πώς και τα γιατί και πάμε γι' αμαρτία Για να αισθανθούμε δηλαδή εν πλήρη απαρτία Βρ' όπα, κρίμα το παιδί. Ο,τι, κάτσει κι ότι 'ρθει Ας την καρδιά σου να τα πει, εδώ στην κομπανία April 24 Magic the Gathering - Black Knight's flavor textBattle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns.
Don't ask why I fight. December 30 Walt Whitman - O Captain! my Captain! (1887)O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring,
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a‑crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning,
Here, Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead. November 22 Rudyard Kipling - IfIf you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream-and not make dreams your master; If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And-which is more-you'll be a Man, my son! October 28 Lucianus - Dialogue between Charon and MenipposΧάρων:
Ἀπόδος͵ ὦ κατάρατε͵ τὰ πορθμεῖα.
Μένιππος:
Βόα͵ εἰ τοῦτό σοι͵ ὦ Χάρων͵ ἥδιον.
Χάρων:
Ἀπόδος͵ φημί͵ ἀνθ΄ ὧν σε διεπορθμεύσαμεν.
Μένιππος:
Οὐκ ἂν λάβοις παρὰ τοῦ μὴ ἔχοντος.
Χάρων:
Ἔστι δέ τις ὀβολὸν μὴ ἔχων;
Μένιππος:
Εἰ μὲν καὶ ἄλλος τις οὐκ οἶδα͵ ἐγὼ δ΄ οὐκ ἔχω.
And an English translation of mine: Charon:
Give me, oh cursed one, the fair
Menippos:
Tell me oh Charon is that your trait?
Charon:
Hand it over, I tell you, the obol* of your passage
Menippos:
"Thou shalt not receive from one of no possessions"
Charon:
Is there a man of no possessions?
Menippos:
I’m not aware of the existence of another, I for one haven’t any
obol = ancient greek currency unit August 08 Seppuku (1962) - Masaki KobayashiHanshiro Tsugumo: Swordsmanship untested in battle is like swimming on land. July 13 Frank Herbert - DuneWhat had the Lady Jessica to sustain her in her time of trial? Think you carefully on this Bene Gesserit proverb and perhaps you will see: "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain."
-from "Muad'Dib: Family Commentaries" by the Princess Irulan June 29 Robert Burns - A Red, Red Rose (1794)O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile! June 18 Sheakspear - The Merchant Of VeniceSalarino:
Why, I am sure, if he forfeit, thou wilt not take
his flesh: what's that good for? Shylock:
To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. |
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