Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Another collection

For I am the first and the last
I am the venerated and the despised
I am the prostitute and the saint
I am the wife and the virgin I am the mother and the daughter
I am the arms of my mother
I am barren and my children are many
I am the married woman and the spinster
I am the woman who gives birth and she
who never procreated I am the consolation for the pain of birth
I am the wife and the husband
And it was my man who created me
I am the mother of my father
I am the sister of my husband
And he is my rejected son
Always respect me For I am the shameful and the magnificent one



-Hymn to Isis, third or fourth century BC, discovered in Nag Hammadi

1 comment:

  1. Oh! Beautiful .... Reminded me the poem " Ami Sei Meye " by Joy Goswami ..

    " it was my man who created me
    I am the mother of my father
    I am the sister of my husband
    And he is my rejected son"

    just think about the cyclic redundant process ... :)

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