A little now,
come later,
eternity today.
An apple full of seeds,
created on destruction,
hardships handed over,
pain is insight.
Angels weeping,
quenching my thirst,
the Gods admiring my loss.
-Unknown
My friend gave me this,
said it was written by german poet,
yet he did not know who.
Did he write this? anyway what is it saying?
2007-05-07 08:10:33 · 6 answers · asked by Disease Precipitated By Aging 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
this poem means dont waste ur time trying to undrestand my poem...go to your work or do ur homeworks.......
2007-05-07 08:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by Saroj B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a reference to humanity's being kicked out of the garden of Eden. Not to say that the poet necessarily believes that tale (or that the reader should) but a birth of pain or "loss" of something is evident here.
2007-05-07 15:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
re metaphor Adam, Eve and the apple.
Man chose knowledge over ignorant bliss.
The apple brought destruction of the garden but held the seeds of man's future.
In gaining knowledge, man was given the hardships of labor and childbirth.
Tears of the Angels quench narrator's thirst (for knowledge?)
2007-05-07 16:20:42 · answer #3 · answered by the_meadowlander 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmmm
if its from German, its a translation
the thing about poems is they have many shades of meaning
it usually requires an understanding of the language the poem is in to grasp the meanings
2007-05-07 15:19:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it seems like it refers to sacrifice and suffering. A comment on the circle of life. Good things created by bad things. You don't know how to live unless you have suffered.
2007-05-07 16:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by bilkokiller 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is about suffering.
2007-05-07 15:17:57 · answer #6 · answered by fanny gardener 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋