Ti - Horhe Luis Borhes

Samo se jedan čovek rodio,
samo jedan čovek je umro na zemlji.
Tvrditi suprotno čista je statistika,
sabiranje je nemoguće.
Ne manje nemoguće nego sabrati miris
kiše sa snom koji ste sanjali onomad,
Taj čovek je Odisej, Avelj, Kain,
prvi čovek koji je rasporedio sazvežđa,
čovek koji je podigao prvu piramidu,
čovek koji je napisao heksagrame Knjige mena,
kovač koji je urezao ruže na
Hengistovom maču, strelac Ejnar Tambarskelver,
Luis de Leon, knjižar koji je rodio
Semjuela Džonsona, Volterov vrtlar, Darvin
na pramcu Bigla, Židov u odaji za mrtvace,
vremenom ti i ja.
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NOVALIS

WHEN NUMBERS, FIGURES, NO MORE HOLD THE KEY...

When numbers, figures, no more hold the key

To solve the leaving' creatures mystery, 

When those who kiss and sing have knowledge more

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Николай Клюев. Белая Индия. 1916.

Frithjof Schuon

Repeated

What I would like to say here — may Peace be with you! —
Is also found in an earlier song:
Spring and autumn: poles in the space of existence —
Destiny has led me into old age.
Weary and selfless is the tree of life —
Autumn leaves are like gold that gives itself away.
Do not be saddened when life’s summer departs —
O Peace, that clothes the soul in gold!

Patmos - Poem by Friedrich Holderlin

And yet the men grieved, now that evening 
Had come, and were taken by surprise, 
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Patmos - Poem by Friedrich Holderlin

The god 
Is near, and hard to grasp. 
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