【洪】ILHONG's Words

Ignorant Before the Heavens of My Life

Ignorant before the heavens of my life,
I stand and gaze in wonder. Oh the vastness
of the stars. Their rising and descent. How still.
As if I didn't exist. Do I have any
share in this? Have I somehow dispensed with
their pure effect? Does my blood's ebb and flow
change with their changes? Let me put aside
every desire, every relationship
except this one, so that my heart grows used to
its farthest spaces. Better that it live
fully aware, in the terror of its stars, than
as if protected, soothed by what is near.

Source: http://www.allspirit.co.uk/rilkelife.html
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I have known about Rilke since when I was in junior year in my undergraduate studies.

Dr. Garcia, my philosophy professor, used to read out his poems in the early class of 0730...

On that time, I rented many collection of Rilke's poems from library and read them...
There was a favorite one I had, but it's been more than two years since I read them and I cannot remember... However, I have memory of what it felt like...

Despite of words that sound so incomprehensible, scrutinizing on each word of Rilke will make you feel what you are to feel, like this poem.

I shall be putting his poems in this blog from time to time, but I must say here that his words are not worthy for mouth to echo it... What I mean is, your heart should read it out loud... Then you are being a being!!!

This poem echoes my feeling when I look up the sky... However, when you are able to question such, when you feel the feeling of being a part of all the being, then you are in being as a being...

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As many other songs of Guns N' Roses, the words sound simple... However, as many other songs of GNR, this song has killer melody...

At first, I didn't know that this song was composed and written by Izzy Stradlin, the rhythm guitarist. I expected it to be from Axle Rose, because it was so nice...

I only thought that good songs from Guns N' Roses are fast tempered songs like "Welcome to the Jungle"... However, I gave a try to other Guns N' Roses songs when Jun Seob-Hyung was vising me in Davao, and when Uncle Dong Ho bought Guns N' Roses Live Era '88-'93...

I fell for their ballad songs like November Rain, Knocking on Heaven's Door, and Don't Cry... Most of people love November Rain and Knocking on Heaven's Door most... I do, too. However, I could not stop listening from "Don't Cry" over and over again...

I usually judge a song through both lyrics and melody, however, they deep cry of Axle Rose while repeating "don't cry" is irresistable, inexplicably beautiful.

Oh yes, I won't cry when you sing it on my ears~~