ـ "... إن فى الإنسان منطقة عجيبة سحيقة لا تصل إليها الفضيلة ولا الرذيلة ، ولا تشع فيها شمس العقل والإرادة ، ولا ينطق لسان المنطق ، ولا تطاع القوانين والأوضاع ، ولا تتداول فيها لغة أو تستخدم كلمة ... إنما هى مملكة نائية عن عالم الألفاظ والمعاني ... كل مافيها شفاف هفاف يأتي بالأعاجيب فى طرفة عين ... يكفي أن ترن فى أرجائها نبرة ، أو تبرق لمحة ، أو ينشر شذا عطر ، حتى يتصاعد من أعماقها فى لحظة من الإحساسات والصور والذكريات ، ما يهز كياننا ويفتح نفوسنا على أشياء لا قبل لنا بوصفها ، ولا بتجسيدها ، ولو لجأ إلى أدق العبارات و أبرع اللغات ... " ـ

توفيق الحكيم

Within man lies a deep wondrous spot, to which neither virtue nor vice can reach. Upon which the sun of reason and will never rise. In which the mouth of logic never speaks, the laws and rules are never obeyed, and not a language is used nor a word is ever spoken.
It is a distant Kingdom, beyond words and meanings. With everything is a sheer murmur offering wonders in a blink. From the depths of which, suffice a single tone or a flash of mind or a scent of a perfum, to allow rise of emotions, pictures and memories, a rising that will shake our being and open ourselves to things we can neither describe nor materialize even if we used the most refined of phrases or the most skillful of languages.

Tawfiq Al-Hakim.
(My humble transalation of the arabic text)

Friday, November 10, 2006

A Perfect end

Just returned from a friend's wedding , it's 01:40 CLT and i'm feeling great , not sleepy at all and with a load of thoughts to be recorded. The most important thought was that this wedding party was a perfect end for a far-from-perfect day , or may i say "week" . Funny how feelings are contagious, specially happy ones !!

I have got you under my skin,I've got you deep in the heart of me,So deep in my heart, You're nearly a part of me.I've got you under my skin.I have tried so, not to give in,I have said to myself this affair,Never gonna go so well.But why should I try to resist,When baby I know so well,That I've got you under my skin,I would sacrifice anything Come what might, For the sake of having you near In spite, of a warning voice That comes in the night, It repeats and it shouts in my ear,Don't you know You fool, You never can win,Use your mentality,Wake up to reality.But each time I do, Just the thought of you Makes me stop before I begin. 'cause I've got you under my skin.And I love you under my skin.

I've Got You Under My Skin , U2 & Frank Sinatra

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