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Elina 2010.06.08. 19:50
Ezerszínű - A Thousand Colours - angol nyelvre fordította: bewitched és Athanor.
Tell me! When was the last time you went for a walk?
When you were watching in silence the eternal beauty of nature? Or the forever changing forest that is still somehow the same? When was the last time you observed a tree? Its fractured, dark bark, and the tangled branches which stand in fine lines like soldiers or the fine-veined leaves? When did you touch them curiously to feel the magic through your fingers? When did you last pay attention to the strange music of the wind?
When was the last time you really saw the semi-transparent veil of the fresh green buds of the spring? The regularity of the shapes of flowers, or later when even a light wind makes the petals fall like snow? Do you remember the taste of ripe fruit, the various colours of autumn leaves; the unique taste of fall, a mixture of hotness, sourness and freshness? The scent of falling snow? The white frost on the quiescent plants?
Tell me! When did you last see and feel all of the above?
When was the last time you watched the sky at the first streak of dawn? When where you last blinded by the copper light of the setting sun? When did your eyes last follow the path the clouds made on the turquoise sky? When did you see the goldish glow of the twilight sky?
Tell me!
A long time ago… You no longer have time for it. You are always in a hurry. You pass this magic with unseeing eyes. You fail to stop even for two minutes to observe the blooming cherry trees; the flow of the little stream surrounded by huge round mossy stones; the creaking old wooden bridge; the ancient, battered lanterns. You have no time to enjoy the beauty of the numerous colours and scents of autumn. You cannot taste the magical moments that fly by soundlessly never to return in the same form, no chance of re-living them.
Even though the meaning of your name suggests this: completeness, versatility.
Completeness can only be achieved by harmony… by respecting nature, while tranquillity lies in the silent magic of the quiet, stolen moments spent by observing it. Whereas colours are best represented by the change of seasons.
A thousand colours, a thousand faces. Like life itself.
Please, try to spare a few moments for these tiny miracles, too. It will be worth it, you will see!
I hope this gift will make your Birthday even better!
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