domingo, julho 29, 2018
Cumplicidades na observação
... to be present at a murder fastens on a man the character of an accomplice, - if barely to be a spectator involves us in one common guilt with the perpetrator.
Thomas de Quincey, On murder being considered as one of the fine arts
Tang dinasty poets
We will get the rope round that great king's neck
Then home to do homage to our Emperor.
Wang Wei [699-761], Marching song
Can I bear to leave these blue hills?
For guests our path is yet
unswept of petals
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Then home to do homage to our Emperor.
Wang Wei [699-761], Marching song
Can I bear to leave these blue hills?
Wang Wei [699-761], On leaving the Wang River retreat
Did Chuang Chou dream
he was a butterfly,
Or the butterfly
that it was Chuang Chou?
Li Po [701-762], Old Poem
For guests our path is yet
unswept of petals
Tu Fu [712-770], The Visitor
An illusion that cannot be overcome
With stick raised high, Illusion herds
the worlds.
Lord with jasmine
no one can overcome
your Illusion.
[…]
When I did not know myself
where were you?
Mahadeviyakka, 12th century; Speaking of Siva
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the worlds.
Lord with jasmine
no one can overcome
your Illusion.
[…]
When I did not know myself
where were you?
Mahadeviyakka, 12th century; Speaking of Siva
