The Thorn Birds
"There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth.From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one.Then, singing among the savage branches,it impales itself upon the longest,sharpest spine.And dying, it rises above its own agony to out-carol the lark, and the nightingale.One superlative song,existence the price.But the whole world stills to listen, and God in heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain..
or so says the legend...
....At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come, it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note.But we,when we put the thorns in our breast, we know.We understand.And still we do it...Still we do it."
How true.This reminds me of 'the nightingale and the rose' by oscar wilde...one of my all time fav poems..its ironic, sad and beautiful and at the same time teaches us to really put things in perspective...along with a few valuable lessons :
1)Nothing is worth dying for - not even love, and not even if the dying party was a nightingale.
2)Don't die for the sake of someone else's love.
3)Life goes on......no,really.
4)We always have a choice.Even if u'r dying a slow and painful death with a thorn piercing through ur heart...u cld choose to sing till the end...a bit like the musicians who continued making beautiful music as the titanic sank..?
Song in my head right now :
Some day, when I'm awfully low,When the world is cold,I will feel a glow just thinking of you...And the way you look tonight.
Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warmAnd your cheeks so soft,There is nothing for me but to love you,And the way you look tonight.
With each word your tenderness grows,Tearing my fear apart...And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,It touches my foolish heart.
Lovely ... Never, ever change.Keep that breathless charm.Won't you please arrange it ?'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.
:)
or so says the legend...
....At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come, it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note.But we,when we put the thorns in our breast, we know.We understand.And still we do it...Still we do it."
How true.This reminds me of 'the nightingale and the rose' by oscar wilde...one of my all time fav poems..its ironic, sad and beautiful and at the same time teaches us to really put things in perspective...along with a few valuable lessons :
1)Nothing is worth dying for - not even love, and not even if the dying party was a nightingale.
2)Don't die for the sake of someone else's love.
3)Life goes on......no,really.
4)We always have a choice.Even if u'r dying a slow and painful death with a thorn piercing through ur heart...u cld choose to sing till the end...a bit like the musicians who continued making beautiful music as the titanic sank..?
Song in my head right now :
Some day, when I'm awfully low,When the world is cold,I will feel a glow just thinking of you...And the way you look tonight.
Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warmAnd your cheeks so soft,There is nothing for me but to love you,And the way you look tonight.
With each word your tenderness grows,Tearing my fear apart...And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,It touches my foolish heart.
Lovely ... Never, ever change.Keep that breathless charm.Won't you please arrange it ?'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.
:)
posted by Kumari | 1:26 PM
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