Dearest ANI,
HOW MANY HOURS DID YOU SPEND FOR THIS POST???
I WAS NEAR A CRAZY THOUGHTS - TO CALL MYSELF : MR. BABIC!
WHERE DID YOU FIND ALL THOSE MONKEYS?
I HAVE SNITCHED ONE FROM BRANKA:
WELL, HE HAS A LITTLE MORE HAIR THAN I, BUT FEELS THE SAME LOVE FOR YOU.
ANI, I THINK I DON`T HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS WITH WORD "ENERGY". NOR WITH SANE-INSANE-JUST NORMAL.
I THINK I UNDERSTOOD EACH NEIL`S WORD.
I COULD ALSO ASK BRANKA - BUT DIDN`T LIKE. BTW - WHO TAUGHT ME TO POST GRAPHICS HERE?
YOU.
I AM HAPPY TO LEARN ANYTHING MYSELF. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.
I MUST POST THIS AMAZING POEM. IT REALLY WORTHS TO BE POSTED AND READ:
Glossa
By Mihai Eminescu
Time goes by, time comes along,
All is old and all is new;
What is right and what is wrong,
You must think and ask of you;
Have no hope and have no fear,
Waves that rise can never hold;
If they urge or if they cheer,
You remain aloof and cold.
To our sight a lot will glisten,
Many sounds will reach our ear;
Who could take the time to listen
And remember all we hear?
Keep aside from all that patter,
Seek yourself, far from the throng
When with loud and idle clatter
Time goes by, time comes along.
Nor forget the tongue of reason
Or its even scales depress
When the moment, changing season,
Wears the mask of happiness -
It is born of reason's slumber
And may last a wink as true:
For the one who knows its number
All is old and all is new.
Be as to a play, spectator,
As the world unfolds before:
You will know the heart of matter
Should they act two parts or four;
When they cry or tear asunder
From your seat enjoy along
And you'll learn from art to wonder
What is right and what is wrong.
Past and future, ever blending,
Are the twin sides of same page:
New start will begin with ending
When you know to learn from age;
All that was or be tomorrow
We have in the present, too;
But what's vain and futile sorrow
You must think and ask of you;
For the living cannot sever
From the means we've always had:
Now, as years ago, and ever,
Men are happy or are sad:
Other masks, same play repeated;
Diff'rent tongues, same words to hear;
Of your dreams so often cheated,
Have no hope and have no fear.
Hope not when the villains cluster
By success and glory drawn:
Fools with perfect lack of luster
Will outshine Hyperion!
Fear it not, they'll push each other
To reach higher in the fold,
Do not side with them as brother,
Waves that rise can never hold.
Sounds of siren songs call steady
Toward golden nets, astray;
Life attracts you into eddies
To change actors in the play;
Steal aside from crowd and bustle,
Do not look, seem not to hear
From your path, away from hustle,
If they urge or if they cheer;
If they reach for you, go faster,
Hold your tongue when slanders yell;
Your advice they cannot master,
Don't you know their measure well?
Let them talk and let them chatter,
Let all go past, young and old;
Unattached to man or matter,
You remain aloof and cold.
You remain aloof and cold
If they urge or if they cheer;
Waves that rise can never hold,
Have no hope and have no fear;
You must think and ask of you
What is right and what is wrong;
All is old and all is new,
Time goes by, time comes along.
~ Translated by Adrian G. Sahlean
WHAT A GREAT POEM!!!!!
It is very interesting that Branka has a poem with the same title. GLOSSA. Also a great poem, but cann`t translate it.
DEAREST ANI, MANY HUGS AND BLESSINGS FOR ALL WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU DO FOR ME!
GREETINGS TO YOUR HUBBY, RAMONA AND ALEX!
Love you,
Luka