I'LL TAKE THE WEIGHT IF IT MAKES YOU STRONGER
“Sanskrit has 96 words for love; ancient Persian has 80, Greek three, and English only one. This is indicative of the poverty of awareness or emphasis that we give to that tremendously important realm of feeling. Inuits have 30 words for snow, because it is a life-and-death matter to them to have exact information about the element they live with so intimately. If we had a vocabulary of 30 words for love ... we would immediately be richer and more intelligent in this human element so close to our heart. An Inuit probably would die of clumsiness if he had only one word for snow; we are close to dying of loneliness because we have only one word for love. Of all the Western languages, English may be the most lacking when it comes to feeling.”
Robert Johnson, “The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden“
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6J5KtSSHxE
I WON'T LET YOU DOWN – ERIN McCARLEY
96 WORDS FOR LOVE
Ninety-six words for love
but only one that I can see
how do we fill our hearts
how do we fulfil our destinies
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
love stretches as far as the eye can see
how do we reach the ocean depths
how do we touch the turqouise sky
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
I counted them in my heart you see
how do I say to you in only one word
how to protect you like a fragile bird
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
all them I give to you
how do I tell you; I will try to learn Sanskrit
how will you tell me; will you teach me to read Sanskrit
with all ninety-six words for love
Ninety-six words for love
when there is no need for so many
all that I am I give to you
all that I have I give to you
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
in Greek there's only three
one for you and one for me
one for everyone to see
only three words for love
Ninety-six words for love
no need for another ninety-three
I'll teach you Greek morning noon and night
I'll tell you I love you three times a night
with all my three words for love
Ninety-six words for love
when I read it in your eyes
when I hear it in your sighs
when our hearts and souls are entwined and tied
who needs ninety-six words for love.
Just a little fun poem inspired by my good friend Himadri (Happy Anniversary and get better soon!), who also supplied me with the quotation and whose English is so much better than my Sanskrit and of course, grateful thanks to Robert Johnson : 0) No doubt my good friend, Kostas, will revise the quotation for me since I now have learned there are 6 words for love in Greek!! Humph! So now I have to learn another 3 and revise my poem!!! ; 0)
p.s. I will be away one more day from home than previously anticipated, so by tomorrow evening! See you all very soon! X
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I'LL TAKE THE WEIGHT IF IT MAKES YOU STRONGER
“Sanskrit has 96 words for love; ancient Persian has 80, Greek three, and English only one. This is indicative of the poverty of awareness or emphasis that we give to that tremendously important realm of feeling. Inuits have 30 words for snow, because it is a life-and-death matter to them to have exact information about the element they live with so intimately. If we had a vocabulary of 30 words for love ... we would immediately be richer and more intelligent in this human element so close to our heart. An Inuit probably would die of clumsiness if he had only one word for snow; we are close to dying of loneliness because we have only one word for love. Of all the Western languages, English may be the most lacking when it comes to feeling.”
Robert Johnson, “The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden“
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6J5KtSSHxE
I WON'T LET YOU DOWN – ERIN McCARLEY
96 WORDS FOR LOVE
Ninety-six words for love
but only one that I can see
how do we fill our hearts
how do we fulfil our destinies
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
love stretches as far as the eye can see
how do we reach the ocean depths
how do we touch the turqouise sky
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
I counted them in my heart you see
how do I say to you in only one word
how to protect you like a fragile bird
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
all them I give to you
how do I tell you; I will try to learn Sanskrit
how will you tell me; will you teach me to read Sanskrit
with all ninety-six words for love
Ninety-six words for love
when there is no need for so many
all that I am I give to you
all that I have I give to you
with only one word for love
Ninety-six words for love
in Greek there's only three
one for you and one for me
one for everyone to see
only three words for love
Ninety-six words for love
no need for another ninety-three
I'll teach you Greek morning noon and night
I'll tell you I love you three times a night
with all my three words for love
Ninety-six words for love
when I read it in your eyes
when I hear it in your sighs
when our hearts and souls are entwined and tied
who needs ninety-six words for love.
Just a little fun poem inspired by my good friend Himadri (Happy Anniversary and get better soon!), who also supplied me with the quotation and whose English is so much better than my Sanskrit and of course, grateful thanks to Robert Johnson : 0) No doubt my good friend, Kostas, will revise the quotation for me since I now have learned there are 6 words for love in Greek!! Humph! So now I have to learn another 3 and revise my poem!!! ; 0)
p.s. I will be away one more day from home than previously anticipated, so by tomorrow evening! See you all very soon! X
- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission