1138 - Ex nihilo
N. Lygeros
Translation: Paola Vagioni
Stranger
Where does your knowledge come from?
Obscure
From nothingness!
Stranger
Why are you so dark?
Obscure
I only search for clarity and it is in the darkness where it is found.
Stranger
And who could understand your thought?
Obscure
The men of depth.
Stranger
We are not all divers of Delos.
Obscure
Then, luminosity will remain in the darkness.
Stranger
We will need your brightness.
Obscure
Only I cannot emit it. Everything is in my opus.
Stranger
Opus without brightness…
Obscure
Materials without a table
Stranger
Like “About nature”
Obscure
Rare are those who can understand.
Stranger
And you only write for them…
Obscure
They are the only ones who live.
Stranger
Will the opus be enough?
Obscure
Time chooses its fragments.
Stranger
It is inside these where the glow of darkness will live.
Obscure
It will live inside every fire that we lit.
Stranger
Is this why you warm up in the kitchen?
Obscure
The hearth is my space.
Stranger
Because everything turns into fire?
Obscure
Because everything can be god.
Stranger
Why do you renounce power?
Obscure
It cannot be the kingdom of knowledge.
Stranger
Yet the world….
Obscure
The world is a creation of thought.
Stranger
And time?
Obscure
It is its becoming.
Stranger
Isn’t everything destined to fade away?
Obscure
In balance…
Stranger
And beyond balance?
Obscure
Time is a child that enjoys itself.
Stranger
Recreation or re-creation?
Obscure
It is the power of ignition!