Swans Commentary » swans.com September 7, 2009  

 

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by Guido Monte

 

Multilingual Poetry

 

 

 

 

river © 2009 Laura Collura

 

 

(Swans - September 7, 2009)  

1.   in principio adi, brahmanda -- in principio separated Elohim
               coelum et terram
at the beginning the origin, the world seed
-- earth, heaven, water -- bloomed
from a universe quem dixere chaos -- once named chaos.

       an interior, hidden mind, dopo una serie di oscuri universi
the last division of oceans and islands, of heaven and earth: beth


2.   itihasa: war'a hawat toh waboh and the land was left barren
        ...a deep sleep -- a land suffering from labour pains
a land oblivious of the Other

a deep sleep with no dreams,
ombre nere tamas black shades      sushupti
et les ombres noires
          enveloppaient les profondeurs

the Weltengeist enim scrutatur
                etiam profunda in tenebris darkness
où nous sommes des otages of vain things


3.   breath
il soffio: cosmic energy on the primordial waters
but we don't remember it at all

air breath
with tacit sighs for all of us.
aura intra aeterna caela     blow inside unending air

               OM

 

 

Picture: river, by Laura Collura (2009).

 

 

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