One,
Two,
Three.
I'm better.
You lazy brat!
Stop day-dreaming
and start learning with us.
What are you looking at the ceiling for?
There are no shows up there,
only darkness
and traps.
You'll strain your neck
Bothering with such nonsense.
You, fool.
Wear your silver anklets,
Adorn yourself with our fathers' bracelets
And precious necklaces.
They're too heavy you can't move around,
But you're not supposed to move anyway!
What? Say it again?
Who bewitched you?
What shadows are you talking about?
Oh.. nonsense!
How dare you say you've glimpsed
Some glaring light
when for fifty years I've known nothing else
but these flames?
Oh! Go ahead!
Throw your life away trying
to find the color blue
When all that exist
are black, red and yellow!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
on moon river
moon river is a song which i consider as an excellent inter-textual poetry which meaning could not be fully grasped unless a listener has found the reason for having huckleberry mentioned in it. - robert vladimir
for those who does know this oldies song, here is a copy for you:
Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.
when i was a lot younger, i payed no attention to the song "moon river" and the name huckleberry contained in it. for as a young boy, i was not certain of any word i hear from the song. later though, i realized that "moon river" is a song mark twain would be delighted to hear about. its allusion to "the adventures of huckleberry finn" makes it a song of definite literary value. so allow me to quote some lines from the song as i go on with my interpretation.
truly, jim and huck (huckleberry) are "two drifters off to see the world" and as one of them is an unschooled negro and the other - a child, there is truly "such a lot of world to see" for them. and as they drifted along that Mississippi river, the speaker in this poem (or song) who i suppose is jim, realized that a body of water could be a "dream maker" and "heart breaker" at the same time. but since they are left with no other avenue of escape, the speaker chose to surrender to the current - "wherever you're going, i'm going your way." He believes that they are "after the same rainbow's end... my huckleberry friend, moon river and me." he considers both huck and the river his companion, and that they are together in this journey to freedom. however, for those who wonder why the speaker called it a moon river, it may be because jim marvels at the river's beauty only during the night when no authority can see him because he is, at that time, a wanted criminal for allegedly kidnapping huck.
this poetic song can be interpreted in a hundred more ways. that was mine. hope to read your comments.
for those who does know this oldies song, here is a copy for you:
Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.
when i was a lot younger, i payed no attention to the song "moon river" and the name huckleberry contained in it. for as a young boy, i was not certain of any word i hear from the song. later though, i realized that "moon river" is a song mark twain would be delighted to hear about. its allusion to "the adventures of huckleberry finn" makes it a song of definite literary value. so allow me to quote some lines from the song as i go on with my interpretation.
truly, jim and huck (huckleberry) are "two drifters off to see the world" and as one of them is an unschooled negro and the other - a child, there is truly "such a lot of world to see" for them. and as they drifted along that Mississippi river, the speaker in this poem (or song) who i suppose is jim, realized that a body of water could be a "dream maker" and "heart breaker" at the same time. but since they are left with no other avenue of escape, the speaker chose to surrender to the current - "wherever you're going, i'm going your way." He believes that they are "after the same rainbow's end... my huckleberry friend, moon river and me." he considers both huck and the river his companion, and that they are together in this journey to freedom. however, for those who wonder why the speaker called it a moon river, it may be because jim marvels at the river's beauty only during the night when no authority can see him because he is, at that time, a wanted criminal for allegedly kidnapping huck.
this poetic song can be interpreted in a hundred more ways. that was mine. hope to read your comments.
suggestion: rita eriksen's rendition of this song is my favorite of all. you can find it on imeem.com.
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