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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2009 : 12:34:56 PM
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I found this poem last night by Czeslaw Milosz...
On Pilgrimage
May the smell of thyme and lavender accompany us on our journey To a province that does not know how lucky it is For it was, among all the hidden corners of the earth, The only chosen and visited.
We tended toward the Place but no signs led there. Till it revealed itself in a pastoral valley Between mountains that look older than memory, By a narrow river humming at the grotto.
May the taste of wine and roast meat stay with us As it did when we used to feast in the clearings, Searching, not finding, gathering rumors, Always comforted by the brightness of the day.
May the gentle mountains and the bells of the flocks Remind us of everything we have lost, For we have seen on our way and fallen in love With the world that will pass in a twinkling.
Translated from the Polish by Czeslaw Milosz and Robert Hass |
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