Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower -but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
| Tu floare de colt, minune sub bolti Te smulg de-a-ntregul din crapatura Te iau in mana cu tot cu radacina Floricica mica –tu n-ai nici o vina Pricepe ce esti de-am putea am fi culti Si-am sti ce-i Zeu, ce-i om, ce-i muratura. | |
| Title: The Beauteous Flower SONG OF THE IMPRISONED COUNT. COUNT. I KNOW a flower of beauty rare, Ah, how I hold it dear! Were I not prison'd here. I had it close beside me. Though from this castle's walls so steep I cast mine eyes around, The flower can not be found. My dearest friend I'd deem him. THE ROSE. I blossom fair,--thy tale of woes I hear from 'neath thy grate. Poor knight of high estate! I doubt not, in thy bosom. COUNT. Thy red, in dress of green array'd, As worth all praise I hold; Like precious stones or gold. I honour here in silence. THE LILY. The rose is wont with pride to swell, And ever seeks to rise; The lily's charms to prize, My merit values duly. COUNT. In truth, I hope myself unstain'd, And free from grievous crime; And pass in grief my time, And yet I know a dearer. THE PINK. That must be me, the pink, who scent The warder's garden here; My charms with care to rear? And boast a thousand colours. COUNT. The pink in truth we should not slight, It is the gardener's pride Now in the shade abide. It is a silent flower. THE VIOLET. Here stand I, modestly half hid, And fain would silence keep; I'll break my silence deep. To breathe forth all my sweetness. COUNT. The violet's charms I prize indeed, So modest 'tis, and fair, To ease my heavy care. I cannot find the loved one. The truest maiden 'neath the sky Roams near the stream below, Till I from hence can go. Though far away, can feel it. Ay, distance only swells love's might, When fondly love a pair; In life I linger there And straightway life returneth. 1798. |
Desi foarte scurta, vechimea ei o face supra-analizata. Numit uneori “fragment”, poezia se inscrie intre multele din acea vreme care se concentreaza asupra unei creaturi aparent neinsemnate pentru a extrage intelesuri adanci. Un secol mai devreme, Goethe a scris o poezie tot despre o floare, dar exista diferente. In primul rand, Tennyson are o conexie intima cu floarea si vorbeste cu ea (era insurat, dar cine stie ce alte chestii a mai facut cu ea). Noi ramanem pe din-afara, ca atunci cand vizionam un porn retro. Goethe, pe de alta parte, smulge floarea si-o duce-n casa si vrea sa fie aplaudat fiindca n-o ucide, chit ca floarea i-o zas: “ma, nu fi hain”. Eric Fromm considera ca Tennyson vrea sa “posede” floarea si o smulge, distrugand-o. Actul lui Goethe e mai degraba un POV.
Filozoful budist Suzuki (1960) a contrastat estetica Occidentala cu cea Orientala prin aceste doua poeme despre flori, cel japonez apartinandu-i lui Basho:
When I look carefully
I see the nazuna blooming
By the hedge!
Dupa Suzuki, Basho nu sta sa smulga floarea (bine, nici nu prea e timp de smuls in 12 cuvinte), admirand-o de la o distanta respectuoasa. El se lasa cuprins de sentimente de reverie si nu-si doreste sa le conceptualizeze. In contrast, T & G sunt activi si analitici. Smulgand floarea, o distrug in actul admiratiei acesteia. Suzuki il compara pe T si curiozitatea sa cu cea a medicilor, care vad un pas pozitiv si progresist in a diseca animale vii. Poezia lui T ne duce cu gandul la spusele lui Francis Bacon, care considera cercetatorul ca fiind cineva care trebuie sa “extraga prin tortura secretele naturii de la ea” si sa o faca sclava umanitatii.
Principles of monism, holism, and balanced complementarity in nature, which can temper perceptions of opposition and conflict, have largely given way to the analytic urge in the recent history of Western culture. (Readings for..)
Will Herber (1901-1907) a inventat sintagma “cut-flower culture” descriind dezradacinarea spirituala a societatii moderne, atat europeana cat si americana, care nu pot supravietui fara o reintoarcere la radacinile iudeo-crestine. Scrie el in Judaism and Modern Man:
The attempt made in recent decades by secularist thinkers to disengage the moral principles of western civilization from their scripturally based religious context, in the assurance that they could live a life of their own as "humanistic" ethics, has resulted in our "cut flower culture." Cut flowers retain their original beauty and fragrance, but only so long as they retain the vitality that they have drawn from their now-severed roots; after that is exhausted, they wither and die. So with freedom, brotherhood, justice, and personal dignity — the values that form the moral foundation of our civilization. Without the life-giving power of the faith out of which they have sprung, they possess neither meaning nor vitality.
Am adaugat momentul cu “Flower” din Bambi la sfarsitul listei, dupa Floare de Colt cu Ducu Bertzi, Dida Dragan si Iris.
Urmatoarea PdM, V, fi-va Mistretul lui Doinas.
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