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I am Taliesin
I sing perfect metre
I’ll sing till the day of judgement
I am Taliesin
I understand secrets
Why a cow has horns; why a woman is affectionate
Why salt is salty and a kid is bearded
Why milk is white and berries is red
Why the stag is speckled
Why fish have scales
Why swan is white though it has black feet
I know why…
Why night falls and the sun rises
Why the stars turn for ever in the ice wind
I know where the cuckoos of summer are in winter
I know what beasts they are at the bottom of the sea
How many spears there are in a battle
How many drops in a shower
Why the river drowned the Pharoch’s people
I am Taliesin
I know it all….
I have through it all
I have been in every form
I have been a dog… a stag..
a roebuck on the mountain
A stock, a spade, an axe in the hand
I have been a fool in an eternity for a year and a half
I have been a grain of corn on the side of the mountain
Before I was reaped and placed in an oven
I felt to the ground and a hen swallowed me
For nine days and night I was warm in her crop
I have been a man and a god
I have been dead, I have been alive..
I am Taliesin
I sing perfect metre
My muse will live forever in the end of the world
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Rupa-rupanya, ianya satu karya agung dari tanah jauh di seberang sana. Ioan menyampaikannya dalam bahasa Welsh (salah satu bangsa di tanah England ialah Welsh... correct me if im wrong ye...) Kisah 1001 satu pengembaraan yang digarap menjadi sebuah puisi yang saya rasakan cukup menarik. Hmm... mengingatkan saya pada salah seorang senior ketika di universiti dahulu... heh siapa ek.. ;);)~tintaku menari...
dengan dakwat terisi penuh!!~