Have you ever heard the legend of naupaka?
It is one of Hawaii's most famous legend built around naupaka, a shrub found in the mountains or near the beach. The flower’s unique appearance (it resembles a half-flower, with petals missing) caused early Hawaiians to believe it was the incarnation of an ancient native separated from her lover.In ancient times, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her."I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui," replied the princess. "But Kaui is not of noble birth—he is a commoner." According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks. Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). But, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. "There is nothing I can do," he told them, "but you should pray. Pray at this heiau."So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. "The gods won’t allow us to be together," she said. "You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains."As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.
Legend says that if you put the two half flowers together so the left half and the right half touch ends, the man and the woman are joined together once again".
nedjelja, 6. rujna 2009.
THE LEGEND OF NAUPAKA
petak, 4. rujna 2009.
SHE WALKED THRU THE SKY OF MY DREAMS
I met her by accident,
she walked thru the sky of my dreams,
softly, on tiptoes.
And I looked at her
in the fear to blink,
caught between the once and now,
created from the ashes of my memories.
I knew that she would disappear
with the first light of a new morning,
so instead of waking up
I chose death.
A. M.
subota, 29. kolovoza 2009.
Melancholy
Melancholy has waves like the sea
It makes you to go away and then come back to
It rocks you sweetly
Melancholy dances itself slow
You can hold her tight in the silence and feel everything inside
And to feel yourself close and also distant
And to travel standing still
And living other lives
And to feel yourself flying inside of a plane on the illuminated ships
In trains that you see passing by
It has a warm and red light of a sunset
Of the wounded day that never wants to die
Looks almost like a happiness, looks almost like a soul that is going away
A dream that is mixing with the reality
You can mix her up for sadness but it is only a soul that knows
That even the pain will serve
And it stops for a moment to console the cry
Of the wounded day that never wants to die
And to lose yourself among the desert downs among the waves in the open sea
Also inside this town
And feel that everything can be forgiven, that everything is always the same
That is that everything can change
And to stay in silence to hear and to feel that it can be sweet
One day also to die
In the warm and red light of the sunset
Of the wounded day that never wants to die
Looks almost like a happiness, looks almost like a soul that is going away
A dream that is mixing with the reality
You can mix her up for sadness but it is only a soul that knows
That even the pain will pass
And it stops for a moment to console the cry
Of a love that never wants to die
