PAIN ...
Psalm 136 (137)
THE SONG OF DEPORTED
the rivers of Babylon there we sat
wept when we remembered Zion.
the willows that land
hung our harps. There
asked us words of song
those deported there we were, our songs of joy
opressori:
"Sing the songs of Zion!" How
sing the songs of the Lord in a foreign land?
... E. .. HOPE
Psalm 125 (126)
sow in tears ... Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy
.
He that goes forth weeping, carrying seed for sowing
,
they shall come back rejoicing, carrying their sheaves
.
from "The Psalms" Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini ED: PIEMME POKET
And how could SING
S. Quasimodo
And how could sing with the foreign foot above the heart,
abandoned among the dead grass in the squares
hard ice, the lament of the lamb
children, al'urlo
black mother who was meeting
son crucified on telegraph poles?
the branches of willows, by vote,
also hung our harps
swayed slightly to the sad wind.
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