{"id":1989,"date":"2014-03-26T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2014-11-23T10:28:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T18:28:15","slug":"where-breezes-cradle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1989","title":{"rendered":"A Lamb of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

From now on and forever<\/span>
\n I know Earth is truly warm.<\/span>
\n I give fire back to the nettle,<\/span>
\n to the hedgehog his thorn.<\/span><\/p>\n

From now on the whole world<\/span>
\n is my protector, a\u00a0pasture<\/span>
\n where breezes cradle and lull us,<\/span>
\n weaving our breath’s texture.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Christine Lavant<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Seit heute, aber f\u00fcr immer,
\n<\/i>wei\u00df ich: Die Erde ist wirklich warm-;
\n<\/i>ich gebe der Nessel den Brand zur\u00fcck
\n<\/i>und dem Igel die Stacheln.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Seit heute ist alles mein Schutzpatron
\n<\/i>und die ganze Welt eine Weidenwiege,
\n<\/i>darin uns der Windsto\u00df zusammenschaukelt
\n<\/i>und unsren Atem verknotet.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span><\/p>\n

Christine Lavant<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was an Austrian poet whose life traversed a vale of tears and woe. Fortunately, for us, she discovered poetry after a mentor passed her a volume of Rilke. Christian mystics are few and far between, alas, the scourge of literalism having subverted that belief. In her poetry, it appears she was one. A lamb of the Lord. On translation<\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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From now on and forever I know Earth is truly warm. I give fire back to the nettle, to the hedgehog his thorn. From now on the whole world is my protector, a\u00a0pasture where breezes cradle and lull us, weaving our breath’s texture. After Christine Lavant Seit heute, aber f\u00fcr immer, wei\u00df ich: Die Erde … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “A Lamb of the Lord”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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