fata morgana poem by herzog

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The Blitzkrieg is insanity.

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In Paradise, even gentiles move mountains.

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There, wars are prevented by mothers.

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There, you expect herons from the left.

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In Paradise, ruins mean happiness.

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There, you find gates without borders.

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In Paradise, plane wrecks have been
distributed in the desert in advance.

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There, the landscape
is as God has commanded it to be.

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In Paradise, you call hello
without seeing anybody.

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There, you quarrel with strangers
to avoid having friends.

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In Paradise, man is born dead.

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While you are sleeping,

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acids gnaw and leeches suck
at the tuna fish.

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While you are dreaming,
an apple from a tree falls onto your brow.

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While you are waiting, trains break in two.

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You breathe softly,
as though you were dead.

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While you recline,

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carelessly strewn stars look out into space.

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While you are sleeping,
God softly walks over the fields with Maria.

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In the Golden Age,
man and wife live in harmony.

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Now, for example, they appear
before the lens of the camera

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death in their eyes, a smile on their faces,
a finger in the pie.

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Running, they train themselves
harder and harder.

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Weightlifting, too, is rewarding.

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Unforgettable, however, remains
a jump from the lighthouse.

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In the Golden Age,
traces of Paradise can still be discerned.

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Here, for example, a boat once landed.

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Furiously, the waves beat against the shore.

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In the background,
smoke is rising, that is to say,

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not even worse than you expected.

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Stones that were cast
do not return by themselves.

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In the Golden Age,
man does not forget to pray

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lest God's end be uncomely.

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More than by death, even,
blessing, and curses,

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man is perturbed
by smoke over the world.

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Beneath the earth,
the children have found a fire.

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And now the parents wish suddenly
to return to houses of stone.

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That's enough, even one of these
thoughts would have done.

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And yet, you're forcing harvests
from this mysterious soil.

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Lts thriving brings pain as well as joy
to the field workers.

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It's difficult not to encounter a camel
on the wayside,

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typically harnessed
as a pack, work, or riding animal.

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Riding animal!

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And here, as soon as we turn to the right,

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the visitor's joy is gone.

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The view is horrifying,
and almost, silence is necessary.

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Prepared for something, we ask ourselves,

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Where are we going?

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And silence is the answer.

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We're gliding through the landscape

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and it seems as if this tragic mission of
strange beauty, yet otherwise hell,

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will never end.

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We cannot withstand this sight for long

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and an inner voice urges us
to look at the vigorous plant growth

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that we are forcing from the earth.

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What can we learn from the turtle?

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She has four fins which she uses
to move forward.

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She has a hard shell and a hard belly.

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Here she has the head
with the mouth where she eats.

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And she has a rear end
where it comes out again.

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I'm going to get her again.

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There is nothing like
the Peace of the Golden Age.

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War is proclaimed dead by Peace.

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Nothing is as great as the sand.

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Nothing is as great as the Peace.

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The land is entranced with Peace.