Cabin

By Parson Thru

Mon, 28 Jan 2019
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You were right
In that cabin all those years ago

There is no easy route
You have to live it

Six notes to say it all

You showed me once
Remember?

Six notes, many voices
Many stories
All the time we need

There’s a river running through them
Wide and deep

I stand and watch awhile
Remembering
And lose myself

Certificate U
Poem
Parson Thruses Dairy
Spiritual

Comments

Submitted by Parson Thru on

I'm no good really. Just messing around. Therapy.

But this is what the poem's about.

https://soundcloud.com/parson-thru/recording-20190128-170212-mp3

Parson Thru

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I asked my love to take a walk just a little walk, down where the waters flow, down by the banks of the old Iho. Do you know the song Parson? Your poem also reminds me of "Diep Rivier" of Eugene Marais.

Your poem's tragic end is masterly.

Go well! Hamba ghachle!

 

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi Tom Brown. Thanks for such a stimulating comment. I know the song from long ago. I had to look up the poem but only saw it in Afrikaans - so far. Maybe all big river poems have the same spirit. Hasta luego! Cuidate!

Parson Thru

Submitted by Nolan on

Hi Parson!

Jacques did an excellent direct translation of “Diep Rivier”,

https://www.abctales.com/story/baker-street/deep-river

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My own translation is much more free, loose. It is more recent,

https://www.abctales.com/story/nolan/river-so-deep

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Both were done quite long ago and they are two very different approaches.

Indeed, maybe all songs of a deep river are the same ...

Nolan &&

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thanks Tom Brown. Just had a look at them both. Rivers. Water. They touch something.

Parson Thru