“A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature.
It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder
measures the depth of his own nature.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Septembrie verde trecând peste ape,
reflexii și-albastre plutiri
la nord de secunde,
la sud de ființă
în nuanțe
din albe
rostiri
oglinzi,
anotimpuri,
apus, dimineață
rotire susur aproape
de vară trecută prin iarnă,
primăveri clipind peste ape…
A green September over the weather,
reflections and timid white flow,
to the north of blue seconds,
from the south of desire
through hues
sharply
aglow
mirrors
and seasons,
evenings and mornings
spinning whispers together
of summer through winter serene,
and spring rippling over the weather…
„We cannot see
our reflection in
running water.
It is only
in still water
that we can see.”
Zen proverb
Inspired by
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #25: Reflections
Nic¯\_(ツ)_/¯le 😊
I love the shape of the poem and the reverse for English. Wonderful reflection photos Nicole 🙂
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Yes, thank you, Brian, a mirror image poem somehow, happy you liked it. 🙂 This theme took my thoughts to many ideas, like in symmetries or counterparts, or some things as echoes of others, even the seasons… one of my favorite topics, well… it all feels like a full circle to me. 🙂
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Isn’t it wonderful when you get a theme and your head starts to run away with the idea 🙂
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It definitely is. 🙂 And especially combining it nicely with photos, not to mention the eureka moment… oh, that lovely music video I once saw, let me find it now too! 😀
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Some searches find what you want, other find something new 🙂
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Yes, new finds that can be quite nice surprises too. 🙂 Sometimes YouTube suggestions, for instance, revolve too much around what we know or have seen already.
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I have found that recently 🙂
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Ce frumos gând reflectat!
Mi-am amintit de ziua-n care am îndrăznit şi eu forma asta, m-a chinuit puţin până am îmblânzit-o 🙂
Să ai o zi frumoasă şi bună!
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Mă bucur că a sclipit și până la tine, mulțumesc!
Oh.. dar eu cochetez cam des cu versuri oglindite, răsucite cumva, ultima oară oarecum vălurite parc-au fost, sau chiar niște raze, la o postare cu și despre lumină. Da, ne place să ne jucăm și cu forma, e plăcut când reflectă conținutul puțin. 🙂
La fel, zile bune de sfârșit de 2018!
(vezi… ți-am și răspuns oglindit 😊 )
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Magnificent reflections and beautiful Landscape.
Wish you a Happy, Magnificent en Healthy 2019
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Thank you very much, wishing you a happy new year too!
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All are beautiful… The wine glass is a brilliant shot!
Happy 2019!
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I am glad you liked them, a lot of inspiration is also coming from your blog, your nice explanations, details too. A bright and happy new year to you! 🙂
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I still remember the word „apus” I see in google translator is sunset but in your poem (of course I know it cannot be literal but to transmit the music of the original) is evenings. Plenty mirrors of sky, thank you, Nicole.
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You’re welcome, Francis, thank you too. 🙂 Yes, something in me picked „apus” and not „seri” (and „evenings” not „sunset”, I don’t remember which was first) precisely because it sounded more musical, and a bit more intense that way in both languages. Maybe my ear tackles, trying to render the thought, its breadth and depth. And what I do remember is the image in my head, of time flowing… like in those fast forward videos over waters, clouds, like seeing the day in time lapse from morning brightness to evenings’ gold and then dimness.
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