tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29999180.post4436138359077017368..comments2023-11-05T04:54:08.272-05:00Comments on RawketScience: Being QuietRobin 'Keiko' Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11790151722012935335noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29999180.post-39189688949371805532010-06-29T08:20:21.166-04:002010-06-29T08:20:21.166-04:00“SILENTIUM!"
Speak not, lie hidden, and conc...“SILENTIUM!"<br /><br />Speak not, lie hidden, and conceal<br />The way you dream, the things you feel.<br />Deep in your spirit let them rise<br />akin to stars in crystal skies<br />that set before the night is blurred:<br />delight in them and speak no word<br /><br />How can a heart expression find?<br />How should another know your mind?<br />Will he discern what quickens you?<br />A thought once uttered is untrue.<br />Dimmed is the fountainhead when stirred:<br />drink at the source and speak no word.<br /><br />Live in your inner self alone<br />within your soul a world has grown,<br />the magic of veiled thoughts that might<br />be blinded by the outer light,<br />drowned in the noise of day, unheard …<br />take in their song and speak no word.”<br /><br />- translated by Vladimir Nabokov<br /><br />Have a nice vacation on the whisperways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com