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Re: Caherkirky
Aug 03, 2008, 21:16
gjrk wrote:
Is this as far as we have gone; white stone
or a brazen serpent to look upon?
Such a heavy asp to wrap around a staff
or beam; “Mene, mene, tekel, u-pharsin.”
I shall take a great leap in the air and
hold as long as I can and only then.
Let the piper sound my fall. If he will.


Thanks g, nice one.

Is it relevant to ask what the English is for Mene, mene, tekel, u-pharsin - though personally I like the half-locked silence of the unknown - as in one of the first posts on this thread -

Qual e' colui che somniando vede,
che dopo 'l sogno la passione impressa
rimane, e l'altro a la mente non riede,
cotal son io...

Dante, Paradiso, Canto XXXIII

'Like somebody who sees things when he's dreaming
And after the dream lives with the aftermath
Of what he felt, no other trace remaining,

So I live now'...
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