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Tα πουλιά της μνήμης (Δημήτρης Λαμπρέλλης)
Τα ίδια και τα ίδια
κάθε βράδυ.
Τα χέρια μου
δεν αντέχουν
να κρατήσουν
το σκοτάδι.
Γι᾽ αυτό κάθε πρωί
ξυπνώ
της μνήμης μου
τη μικρή καρδερίνα
Κι ένα σπίτι
της δείχνω
γεμάτο τραγούδια
– Εκεί μένει
της λέω
το φως.
κάθε βράδυ.
Τα χέρια μου
δεν αντέχουν
να κρατήσουν
το σκοτάδι.
Γι᾽ αυτό κάθε πρωί
ξυπνώ
της μνήμης μου
τη μικρή καρδερίνα
Κι ένα σπίτι
της δείχνω
γεμάτο τραγούδια
– Εκεί μένει
της λέω
το φως.
Υπάρχει ένας θρύλος για ένα πουλί που κελαηδάει μία μονάχα φορά στη ζωή του, πιο γλυκά από κάθε άλλο πλάσμα πάνω στη Γη. Από τη στιγμή που αφήνει τη φωλιά του, ψάχνει για ένα δέντρο αγκαθωτό και δεν ησυχάζει αν δεν το βρει.
Και τότε, εκεί που κελαηδάει ανάμεσα στα άγρια κλαριά, πάει και καρφώνεται στο πιο μεγάλο, το πιο κοφτερό αγκάθι.
Και πεθαίνοντας, υψώνεται πάνω από την αγωνία του, για να ξεπεράσει με το κελαήδημα του τον κορυδαλλό και το αηδόνι. Ένα τραγούδι θεσπέσιο, με τίμημα την ίδια την ύπαρξη του.
Μα ο κόσμος όλος μένει ασάλευτος για να ακούσει και ο Θεός χαμογελάει στους ουρανούς Του.
Γιατί το άριστο αποκτιέται μόνο με μεγάλο πόνο…
Ή, τουλάχιστον, έτσι λέει ο θρύλος.
Από το μυθιστόρημα "Τα πουλιά πεθαίνουν τραγουδώντας" της Colleen McCullough
"Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in".
The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government --
signs for all to see.
I can't run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
a thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in".
The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government --
signs for all to see.
I can't run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
a thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
