Zeitgeistlyrik: Fire and Scalpel (Satis Shroff)
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BETWEEN PROMETHEUS AND PLASTIC SURGERY (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)
Preacher: Break your bread with the hungry,
Speak a word with the dumb,
Sing with the sad,
Share your house with the lonely.
Fire is important to us.
I have come to ignite a fire,
Within us,
A fire that’ll remain burning.
But an open fire is dangerous,
For small children in Nepal.
Today we have a guest from Nepal.
A woman who has a big heart,
For the children of Nepal.
Christa: Namaskar!
I greet the Godliness in you.
I’ve worked twelve years in Nepal,
As a hospital manager.
The role of a woman,
Is different in rural Nepal.
The women and children have to work hard.
I went to many Nepalese farmers
And their families.
In the farmsteads there’s always an open fire,
Which is the central point.
Children creep on their fours to the fire,
Fascinated,
Attracted,
By the licking flames.
Bahun: What to you is fire,
Is Agni in our eyes.
Agni is the God of Fire.
We need Agni’s presence,
In Vedic rituals.
It is also a sacricifical fire.
The Nepalese home fire
Has to burn all the time.
Wedding celebrations and nuptial knots
Are tied around the open fire,
When a priest recites vedic prayers
Gives butter to Agni to make it bigger.
The funeral rites
At the burning ghats on riversides,
Are performed with fire.
Every step in life
Is manifested by rituals around Agni.
Fire is one of the most ancient
Sacred objects of Hindu worship.
Even today it plays
An honourable role
