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Sunday, October 28, 2012

A poem by Tada Chimako



Netherworld
 
Murdered
Torn limb from limb
The god was scattered across the earth
 
In a papyrus boat painted with pitch
The goddess weeps as she collects the pieces
(The river is a river of tears)
She connects the fragments of flesh
And intones great incantations
 
And as she chants, his wounds heal
And as she chants, his eyes open
 
-But what is this, my beloved husband?
Though thou hast come back, come to life once again
Thou shalt return from the netherworld nevermore
 
 
Tada Chimako
(Taken from the book Forest of Eyes. Translation by Jeffrey Angles)
 
 
 
 
 
 


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