Posts Tagged: gates
BigMat … Bienvenue!
“Hör’ ich das Pförtchen nicht gehen?
Hat nicht der Riegel geklirrt?
Nein, es war des Windes Wehen,
Der durch die Pappeln schwirrt.”
(F. von Schiller in Die Erwartung)
Liège (B)
The joyful gates
O enter with me the gates of delight,
The gates of the garden of man’s desire,
Where spirits, touched by heav’nly fire,
Have planted the trees of life.
(R.S. Bridges in Invocation to music)
Liège-Flémalle (B)
The entrance to paradise?
“And there shall you be queen; but I,
Shall I find entrance too?
Or must I roam eternity,
To search, sweetheart, for you?”
(Fr. Money-Coutts in Paradise regained)
Seraing (B)
Warm welcome way-in
”Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm””
(Bob Dylan in Shelter from the storm)
Liège (B)
Closed in zebra
“Oh my only friend, my best beloved,
the gates are open in my house –
do not pass by like a dream.”
(R. Tagore in Gitanjali no. 22)
Liège (B)