Fetching wisdom...
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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.
“Today, I ask Waris Shah / to speak from his grave.
“O eye, weep freely and shed your tears abundantly.
“Man! That is the proud sound! It rings out mightily, as a challenge to the world!
“Río Grande de Loíza... blue current that strips my soul.
“Give me wine, give me song, give me a beloved to behold.
“I appeal to those who will come after me — to people who will understand.
“Peace and light to all. May your journey be blessed.
“May all beings be happy.
“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.
“My God, my soul, my love, my longing, my comfort, my eternal good!
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, into that heaven of freedom let my country awake.
“Come, let us raise our hands in prayer, for we too have forgotten the art of love.
“Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles.
“Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches.
“Joy, beautiful spark of divinity, daughter of Elysium, we enter thy sanctuary.
“Oh, that my monk's robe were wide enough to gather up all the suffering in the world.
“Today I call to Waris Shah: speak up from your grave.
“Hear my voice, calling in the wilderness.
“Rise up, Hungarians, the homeland calls!