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		<title>Rapidity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rapidity (Hella Haasse, 1918-2011) In this wide ocean that I chose for me, I lie here drowning endlessly, Deep on its bed, devoid of will, The waters that surround me, still. Inside a cell, with walls that none can see Impounded, far from tempest, free From gale and flood &#8211; my heart doth yearn To be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=341&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rapidity (Hella Haasse, 1918-2011)</p>
<p>In this wide ocean that I chose for me,<br />
I lie here drowning endlessly,<br />
Deep on its bed, devoid of will,<br />
The waters that surround me, still.</p>
<p>Inside a cell, with walls that none can see<br />
Impounded, far from tempest, free<br />
From gale and flood &#8211; my heart doth yearn<br />
To be the sailing, swooping tern,</p>
<p>A glitt&#8217;ring fish, a-darting through the sea.<br />
But like a dull anemone<br />
That bobs and floats in water&#8217;s gloom,<br />
And silently awaits its doom,</p>
<p>I stand here, rooted in accursed peace,<br />
No ebb or flow to grant release,<br />
Deep on the bed, devoid of will.<br />
The waters that surround me, still.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Stroomversnelling</em></p>
<p><em>In deze zeeën die ik mij verkoos,</em><br />
<em>lig ik verdronken, eindeloos</em><br />
<em>diep op den bodem, zonder wil.</em><br />
<em>Het water boven mij staat stil.</em></p>
<p><em>Zo ben ik in een transparanten doos</em><br />
<em>geklonken, ver van storm en hoos</em><br />
<em>stortzee en vloed – mijn hart doet pijn,</em><br />
<em>het wil een snelle zeemeeuw zijn,</em></p>
<p><em>een zil’vren vis, beweeg’lijk in den stroom.</em><br />
<em>Maar als een anemoon, die loom</em><br />
<em>op donker water wiegt en deint</em><br />
<em>en aan het eigen spel verkwijnt,</em></p>
<p><em>sta ik geworteld in vervloekte rust,</em><br />
<em>van tij noch keertij mij bewust,</em><br />
<em>diep op den bodem zonder wil.</em><br />
<em>Het water boven mij staat stil.</em></p>
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		<title>Escape Route</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Escape Route A man who feels he really ought (Were he to give the matter thought) To feel ashamed, will have, no doubt, Much better things to think about. Ein Ausweg (Eugen Roth) Ein Mensch, der spürt, wenn auch verschwommen, Er müsste sich, genau genommen, Im Grunde seines Herzens schämen, Zieht vor, es nicht genau [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=324&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Escape Route</strong></p>
<p>A man who feels he really ought<br />
(Were he to give the matter thought)<br />
To feel ashamed, will have, no doubt,<br />
Much better things to think about.</p>
<p><strong><em>Ein Ausweg (Eugen Roth)</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Ein Mensch, der spürt, wenn auch verschwommen,<br />
Er müsste sich, genau genommen,<br />
Im Grunde seines Herzens schämen,<br />
Zieht vor, es nicht genau zu nehmen. </em></p>
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		<title>Art</title>
		<link>http://brentusfirmus.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art A man, an artist, goes berserk, Spends three years on a single work, Then lays his paintbrush proudly flat And says, &#8220;There&#8217;s lots of work in that!&#8221; His work, however, never paid &#8211; For there it was, and there it stayed. Kunst (Eugen Roth) Ein Mensch malt, von Begeisterung wild, Drei Jahre lang an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=294&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Art</strong></p>
<p>A man, an artist, goes berserk,<br />
Spends three years on a single work,<br />
Then lays his paintbrush proudly flat<br />
And says, &#8220;There&#8217;s lots of work in that!&#8221;<br />
His work, however, never paid &#8211;<br />
For there it was, and there it stayed.</p>
<p><em><strong>Kunst</strong> (Eugen Roth)</em></p>
<p><em>Ein Mensch malt, von Begeisterung wild,<br />
Drei Jahre lang an einem Bild.Dann legt er stoltz den Pinsel hin<br />
Und sagt: &#8220;Da steckt viel Arbeit drin.&#8221;<br />
Doch damit wars auch leider aus &#8211;<br />
Die Arbeit kam nicht mehr heraus. </em></p>
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		<title>On Proverbs</title>
		<link>http://brentusfirmus.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/on-proverbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Proverbs A man perceives, in anger torn: &#8220;No rose exists without a thorn&#8221;. How great his anger, one supposes, At all the thorns that have no roses! &#160; Sprichwörtliches (Eugen Roth) Ein Mensch bemerkt mit bitterem Zorn, Dass keine Rose ohne Dorn. Doch muss ihn noch viel mehr erbosen, Dass sehr viel Dornen ohne [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=320&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On Proverbs<br />
</strong></p>
<p>A man perceives, in anger torn:<br />
&#8220;No rose exists without a thorn&#8221;.<br />
How great his anger, one supposes,<br />
At all the thorns that have no roses!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><em>Sprichwörtliches (Eugen Roth)<br />
</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Ein Mensch bemerkt mit bitterem Zorn,</em><br />
<em>Dass keine Rose ohne Dorn.</em><br />
<em>Doch muss ihn<strong></strong> noch viel mehr erbosen,</em><br />
<em>Dass sehr viel Dornen ohne Rosen!</em></p>
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		<title>Madame World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madame World (orig. Eugen Roth, Frau Welt) A man will often pay, it&#8217;s true, For boozing that he didn&#8217;t do. Another man will booze away, Then brag because he didn&#8217;t pay. But then, it&#8217;s all the same to Her, Who balances the register. Ein Mensch bezahlt &#8211; und wird verlacht! - Oft Zechen, die er [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=276&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Madame World</strong> (orig. Eugen Roth, <em>Frau Welt</em>)</p>
<p>A man will often pay, it&#8217;s true,<br />
For boozing that he didn&#8217;t do.<br />
Another man will booze away,<br />
Then brag because he didn&#8217;t pay.<br />
But then, it&#8217;s all the same to Her,<br />
Who balances the register.</p>
<p><em>Ein Mensch bezahlt &#8211; und wird verlacht! -<br />
Oft Zechen, die er nicht gemacht.<br />
Ein Unmensch macht &#8211; und dann noch prahlt! -<br />
Oft Zechen die er nicht bezahlt.</em><br />
<em>Wovon Frau Welt Notiz nicht nimmt,<br />
Hauptsache ist: die Kasse stimmt.</em></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sore point (orig. Eugen Roth, Empfindlicher Punkt) A man will hardly flinch at all As cliffs around him crash and fall. But what a tiny stone can do To plague him &#8211; when it&#8217;s in his shoe. Ein Mensch, umdäut von Felsentrümmern, Lässt sich davon nicht sehr bekümmern. Doch bringt sofort ihn aus der Ruh [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=280&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sore point</strong> (orig. Eugen Roth, <em>Empfindlicher Punkt</em>)</p>
<p>A man will hardly flinch at all<br />
As cliffs around him crash and fall.<br />
But what a tiny stone can do<br />
To plague him &#8211; when it&#8217;s in his shoe.</p>
<p><em>Ein Mensch, umdäut von Felsentrümmern,<br />
Lässt sich davon nicht sehr bekümmern.<br />
Doch bringt sofort ihn aus der Ruh<br />
Ein winziger Stein &#8211; in seinem Schuh.</em></p>
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		<title>Foreign Worlds</title>
		<link>http://brentusfirmus.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/foreign-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Worlds (orig. Eugen Roth, Fremde Welt) A man, a fish from deeper waters, Felt comfortable in darker quarters. But in him, soon a wish took hold For regions not so dank and cold, And boldly, bravely he ascended To circles not for him intended, Where he saw fish cavorting free, All far more beautiful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=303&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Foreign Worlds</strong> (orig. Eugen Roth, <em>Fremde Welt</em>)</p>
<p>A man, a fish from deeper waters,<br />
Felt comfortable in darker quarters.<br />
But in him, soon a wish took hold<br />
For regions not so dank and cold,<br />
And boldly, bravely he ascended<br />
To circles not for him intended,<br />
Where he saw fish cavorting free,<br />
All far more beautiful than he,<br />
With somersaults and caprioles,<br />
And lightning-quickness in the shoals.<br />
The man, however, from the deep,<br />
Not built to somersault or leap,<br />
And with his gawking, gaping face,<br />
Felt hideously out of place,<br />
And, sensing he&#8217;d disturbed the throng,<br />
Swam back to where he <em>did</em> belong.<br />
Thus we, with paradises too,<br />
Can take an in-deep-endent view.</p>
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		<title>Impulsiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Impulsiveness (orig. Eugen Roth, Voreilig) A man possessed by rage today Will spit the dummy straight away. Tomorrow, though, his rage will pass, And where&#8217;s his dummy? In the grass. A wiser man, to curb his ire, Will hold on to his pacifier.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=301&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Impulsiveness </strong>(orig. Eugen Roth, <em>Voreilig</em>)</p>
<p>A man possessed by rage today<br />
Will spit the dummy straight away.<br />
Tomorrow, though, his rage will pass,<br />
And where&#8217;s his dummy? In the grass.<br />
A wiser man, to curb his ire,<br />
Will hold on to his pacifier.</p>
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		<title>Fellow men</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow Men (orig. Eugen Roth, Mitmenschen) A man sits on the tram one night, Surveys the people left and right, And very soon decides that he Will pass on immortality.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=287&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Fellow Men</strong> (orig. Eugen Roth, <em>Mitmenschen</em>)</p>
<p>A man sits on the tram one night,<br />
Surveys the people left and right,<br />
And very soon decides that he<br />
Will pass on immortality.</p>
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		<title>Progress (orig. Eugen Roth, &#8220;Fortschritte&#8221;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man desires, with will unshakeable, That joy and glass were both unbreakable. For science, this is easy fare &#8211; With glass, at least, they&#8217;re almost there.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brentusfirmus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3415200&amp;post=274&amp;subd=brentusfirmus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A man desires, with will unshakeable,<br />
That joy and glass were both unbreakable.<br />
For science, this is easy fare &#8211;<br />
With glass, at least, they&#8217;re almost there.</p>
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