#tue verse

[littlebadger]

TUE!verse || START 》 @fruity-hub-blog / @lordfruitloop

A deep ache had settled into his bones, every muscle stiff and sore as he lay in the hospital bed, the sheets tucked too tightly around him. His eyelids felt heavy, barely open, and his vision blurred under the harsh glare of the fluorescent lights above. He’d been drifting in and out of consciousness for what felt like hours, but now his mind refused to let him slip back into sleep. Everything hurt.

Where am I? He shifted under the covers, his vision slowly adjusting. The steady, rhythmic beep of a heart monitor filled the room, its sound grating on his nerves. He turned his head to glare at the screen—it was too loud.

No, what was loud was the ringing in his ears—the deafening blast of—

A sharp gasp tore from his throat as his entire body tensed. Instinctively, he tried to sit up but was met with a surge of pain, forcing a pained hiss from his lips. His trembling body collapsed back onto the mattress, every nerve screaming.

The Nasty Burger. His parents. Jazz. Sam. Tucker. Mr. Lancer, too?

“Hey! Help! Hello!?” Danny’s voice cracked with desperation as the heart monitor beside him spiked, its alarm shrill and piercing, calling the nurses to his side.

[mercedes-lenz]

es ist so schön meine jahre alten annotationen in büchern zu sehen -- die gedanken die ich damals hatte, worauf ich geachtet hab, wie ich dinge interpretiert hab. dort wie sonst nie steh ich im dialog mit mir selbst in verschiedenen altern und lebensabschnitten und ich kann die verschiedenen ebenen im text sehen. ich freu mich so sehr auf alle kleinen kommentare die ich im laufe meines lebens noch auf seiten hinterlassen und wiederfinden werde

[bluebellhairpin]

ALL. My selfships are so "'Romeo amd Juliet' by Dire Straits" coded. But in different. ways. Amd it's amazing how one song can be so versatile when it really. Is not.

[kxllerblond]

im gonna be on my white trash pookie this weekend probably

[lcfthaunted]

The evening's plans were cancelled but it's my stream night tonight so we'll see how much writing gets done. Friend is planning a write-in stream tomorrow, though, so might get things done then!

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - People of Earth we have VERSE rep in 2 Thai BLs! Amazeballs!

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

March 2024 Wk 3

Ongoing Series - Thai

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 2 of 8 (10?) - Everyone seems to be a bit of a player and I’m not mad about it. It’s nice to see high-grade flirting, and I really love how very gay the leads feel. Not BL gay. Actual gay. We shall see how it goes, I suspect we are in "messy gay" territory in which case, I predict utter carnage and that this show will drop ranks precipitously for me. But right now? Of all the Thai BLs airing, I'm enjoying this the most. How bizarre. 

I like the side couple (thrupple?) too, despite the prat fall kiss and possible cheating. They very pretty:

To Be Continued (Thai C3 Thailand grey) ep 4 of 8 - oh dear NO honeychild, face masks are gross tasting!

Rule no 966 of the BL world. He’s never asleep. 

Argh Achi wants Ji so bad. Nice mutual kiss tho, despite Ji's baggage. I guess Ji knew what would happen if Achi stayed? But why is he so scared? Just deeply closeted? The backstory is very high school achy and I feel like it explained Achi but not Ji. And the crying in the movie was lovely, so we totally understand Achi's but Ji is just messed up and confused? I admit to being a bit confused too. Why is Ji the one so angry?

On a totally different aside, I really like how the set dressing is done in Ji’s apartment. It looks lived in and not staged. Super rare in Thai BL. I'm reminded of Ai & Pond's dorm room in Love By Chance, which actually looked like a real college dorm.

City of Stars (Fri iQIYI) ep 7 of 12 - Why is it always the pulps that actually trot out the best communication, conversation, consent, and healthy relationships? Yes I'm still wincing over the truly bad acting but I’m enjoying their good relationship. The sex scene was sweet and tender, although the likelihood of rose petals getting stuck places wigs me out. (Flower petals + lube = terrible combination. Just FYI.)

ALL PRAISE VERSE REP! And a bottom who owns it! Yay! 

1000 Years Old ep 5 of 12 - How ridiculously colorful and flirty they all are. There is nothing at all vampire about this show. I’m a bit bored by the restaurant plot but I'm tuning in for the bonkers approach to goth. How dare they be so cheerful with my precious emo youth, but also, how very Thai pulp of them.  

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues Youku YouTube) ep 4 of 11 - oh it’s SO GOOD. Reading the yaoi and crying. COME ON TAIWAN HAVE MERCY. The red wrapping of the hands (red thread, yes yes we get it). The boy who doesn’t want to box for so many reasons. Not the least of which is how unpleasant it is to spar with a lover. 

This is easily the best BL currently airing and it is going to hurt us. But I don't care. I love it.

AntiReset (Taiwan Fri Viki/Gaga) eps 8 of 10 - This show is dangerously cute and I’m scared for everyone involved, including me.

Love is Better the Second Time Around AKA Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto (Japan Gaga) ep 2 of 6 - Poor baby thrown in all willynilly amongst a pack of queeny bitchy gay intellectuals. I'd be lost too. It's the worse kind of fight, one you have to philosophize your way out of.

Although I Love You and You AKA Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 10fin - They are extremely adorable and it was a very good ending - mature, adult, and bittersweet. I liked it a lot. But I didn’t love it the way I wanted to.

The promise of this show, younger cook courts older divorced office worker, should have been my catnip. I mean if someone pitched this to me in an elevator I would have downloaded it by the second storey. Unfortunately, it did not exactly fulfill that promise, not in the way I'd hoped. Did I still enjoy the ride, yes, but I feel just a little let down. 8/10 

My Strawberry Film (Japan Thurs Gaga) eps 5 of 8 - Honestly now I’m just shipping the two girls getting together. Frankly, I really don't like this show, and normally I'd DNF but there's only a few eps left and nothing else is airing rn.

It's done, ready to binge, maybe I'll finally get to it this weekend

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps

The Servant and the Young Master (Vietnam YouTube)

Began Beginning (Myanmar YouTube) - A Burmese BL? @heretherebedork vouched for it, so I will watch eventually.

It's airing but...

Time the series (Tue Gaga/YT) 10 eps - it's finished now, I dropped it at ep 4. Should I bother?

Close Friend Season 3: Soju Bomb! (Thai ViuTV grey) 10 eps - I'm exhausted by this franchise and the variety pack style of BL. If there is a particularly good couple (or installment) I might watch it, but I'm letting others decide for me.

A Secretly Love (Thai WeTV grey) 10 eps - I watched the first ep but grey is too much work for this inferior of a show. I may pick up and binge if it gets distribution but for now, it gets a DNF from me. KimCop might have held this crap together but Kim without Cop? No thank you.

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school, not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing for some reason.

Gossip

The choreo controversy - Deep Night vs OnlyOneOf. Look, like a musical rift, or a styling photoshoot, there are no new ideas in choreo, I feel like Madonna did this pose too, a long time ago. Certainly someone in the 80s. Or whatever. Anygay, it's an ironic thing to see a Thai BL being called out by a gay-branded Kpop group when both are exploiting eroticized homosexuality for commercial profit... just saying. (HOW DID WE GET HERE?) Not to mention that BOTH are ALSO exploiting the kink community. We live in interesting times, BLabies. In the end, it's a good publicity stunt all round. And I think Nine knows exactly what he's doing (and why he is doing it). Finally: Drama drama drama around coreo? That is V gay boys. Fun fun fun, carry on everyone.

Strike a pose.

You're being recorded for posterity.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting

3/21 Two Worlds (Thai IQIYI) 10 eps - One of those "he's dead Jim so time travel" thingames staring MaxNat. I'm over this concept but Asia flipping loves it and I do enjoy MaxNat. Phupha (Gun) and Khram (Nat) love each other but Phupha is murdered. Then Khram is pulled to a parallel world where, 12 years ago, Khram and Tai (Max) were in love. However, Khram was killed by Tai’s dad. Now Tai finds alter-Khram apparently alive. But then there is ALSO an alter-Phupha to deal with. (Phupha is played by Gun Thanawat who was Khom, the repressed butler bodyguard from Unforgotten Night. We like this, we scared of the love triangle aspect.)

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

Forgive me a moment of industry noodling?

Have ya noticed that it's slender pickings right now but it shouldn't be? This is not the mid summer slump nor end of year lull. We should be getting some heavy hitters on first quarter release. (Side eyes GMMTV. Perhaps those painful Japanese acquisitions were a bigger issue than any of us realized?)

Anygay, IMHO, Thailand's BL bubble has popped and sponsor money is drying up. This is my shocked face:

Look, the 2021-2023 level of release and growth (exponential) was never gonna be sustainable, so I'm not surprised. I suspect that in 2024 Thailand will actually produce fewer BLs than 2023 (73, 64 in 2022, and 40 in 2021).

I know I'm sticking my neck out predicting any film industry but... I have seen this kinda thing before and it just *feels* like shrinkage. Thai BL's load has been shot, my peeps. (Not to be crass or anything.)

Oh, don't worry you pretty head about it, it's not going away, just getting less prolific.

Don't we all in our old age?

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

My favorite trope, sniff him!

Queen. (both Deep Night)

King. (City of Stars)

Verse rep verse rep verse rep!!! Can you see me doing a little dance this side of the screen?

(Last weeks summation)

Streaming services are listed by how I'm (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are too much work.

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog

If ya wanna be tagged each week leave a comment and I will add you to the template. Easy peesy.

[srbachchan]

DAY 5930

Jalsa, Mumbai May 13/14, 2024 Mon/Tue 1:19 AM

🪔 ,

May 14 .. birthday love and wishes to Ef Snehal Rajpal from Ahmedabad .. Ef Shivani Arora from Chennai .. and Ef Shital Shelke from Amravati .. stay safe .. 🙏🏻🚩❤️

Birthday EF - Sandhya and Wed Ann with Santosh Ef husband .. Tuesday, 14 May .. love blessings and happiness ..वैवाहिक जीवन की जयंती, सुख शांति, और स्नेह 🙏 स्नाध्य - संतोष

... the night pages at this hour open to the pages of the Ramayan रामायण and words that reflect moments on the return of Shri Ram from his 'banvaas' राम वनवास, .. which under the aegis of the English language would be represented as an exile .. but it cannot be addressed such .. the 14 years were the purity .. and the description in the Ram Charit Manas .. राम चरित मानस, as he reaches Ayodhya and the description of it .. and the clarity of the purity of the Saryu River that flows by it , are spellbinding ..

and then shifted my glance to the books that lie beside me - Babuji's - and the literary evaluations done by those that have done PhD's on it .. and reflections of his mind and the understanding of the deeper philosophy behind each verse , is so engrossing ..

The night does not matter .. the time be not of value .. the mind and the reason of its desire to be there and nowhere else is prime ..

But .. time is the essence .. its need to be availed is the bigger essence .. and to devote the time for the mind - not mine but of them that seem to want to understand is the essence - is the prime time ..

Prime Time .. haha .. TV vocabulary creeps in so surreptitiously .. never in its meaning here ..

I desire .. to put in more of it on the post ..

But we all live in a World that is dominated by thoughts completely unrelated to the subject or the text .. and the prudent prudence decides to evade rather than swim dunk and paddle away to the shores of safety ..

What weak moment be this .. sad ..

Isolated in the genuineness of the genuine ..!!!

Amitabh Bachchan

[kandisheek]

FIC REC WEEK 48 - CROSSOVER

MASTERPOST

Here are all the fics I recommended this week. If you want to see my actual review of these fics, the posts are all linked as well. Please enjoy, and remember to leave comments and kudos!

MON: long fic (50k+)

Lightning Scars & Metal Hearts by JessalynMichele

TUE: mid-length fics (15-50k)

The Perils of Turkey Day by crossingwinter, StormDancer

Door 72112 by shetlandowl

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happy Hour by BladeoftheNebula

WED: series (with 3+ fics)

Batman/Avengers Crossover 'verse: Series by TheResurrectionist

THU: long fic (50k+)

Through the Dark Tide of Memory by scifigrl47

FRI: short fics (>15k)

What If You're What I Need by YohKoBennington

When they finally come to destroy the earth (they'll have to go through you first) by AlchemyAlice

No man is an island, (--Entire of itself) by llamallamaduck

In Which Secrets Are Secrets No More by Renai_chan

Supervengers: After Purgatory by JoCarthage

SAT: author spotlight

Perlmutt

Wind of Change Of Owls, Polyjuice Potion, And Love Letters Learning to love drowning in your eyes beyond

SUN: short fics (>15k)

The Other Side by Laurieonalark

Falling Sky: An Introduction by IronVixen (MagpieWords)

Taking Off by chlare

Tribute by Portia77

Mix and mingle by SrebrnaFH

[cookiesupplier]

Writing Update

So... I've been thinking about doing this for awhile and I've been struggling to keep up with my own expectations I've set for myself and knowing the holidays are about to get CRAZY for me here its the perfect time to slow things dowwnnnn.

Instead of going on hiatus guys, I will just be slowing my schedule to posting my WIP's once per week. I haven't decided on what days. Possibly Mon/Tues: Roses, Wed/Thur: Hell Verse.

Thank you to everyone that hasn't given up on these stories.. and a MASSIVE thank you and I ADORE everyone that reblogs and comments!

ALSO tumblr is still having issues dropping tags, bugger tumblr.. I'll tag my WIP darlings here anyway so you guys know (if you get this.. wow), but feel free to reply here and let me know if there is a problem with my tags for you and I'll do my best to adjust them! But, yea.. tumblr is being difficult and dropping my tags for others too, its so rude isn't it?

@tearfallpixie @cncohshit @jordynyingling0219 @faceless-mirror @nyxthedestroyerofworlds @wild-child-7747 @witchyweeb34 @black-damask1999 @jilliemiw86 @ilovesamkiszka @lyschko666 @lacktoesandtoddlerants @bngurngheart @collapsedglasshouses @laurpartyprogram @sunsshinesunny @malerieee @talialovesmiw @shilohrosechicken @thatchickwiththecamera @tamtam-elizabeth

@spicywhenspeaking @sorrowsofsilence @vinyardmauro @dsireland86 @4rtificialfolio @emmmm127 @badomensls @agravemisstake @blackveilomens

[gravesung]

hc + 🌇 for a headcanon about morning- or evening rituals for geto but specifically in the cafe au

MOST MORNINGS, suguru wakes up at 3 A.M. to start working on blue spring's daily pastry inventory. at 5:00, he takes a break to head to the gym and work out for an hour ( mon/wed/fri/sat are lifting days, tue/thurs are cardio or active recovery days, sunday is a full rest day. ) at 6:00, he showers quickly and treats + blow-dries his hair, rushes through skincare, gets dressed, and heads back into the cafe.

the last hour before open, suguru slows down a bit. he likes to take his time to finish the morning bakes, dial in the espresso machine, brew the drip coffee, make himself and the girls something to eat + his first cup of coffee while they get ready for school upstairs. he usually has an americano at 6:30, black tea at 8 (he has his favorites but switches it up sometimes), a cappuccino at noon, matcha or sencha or hojicha at 2. don't worry about it. by the time 7:30 rolls around, he's seeing the girls off to the bus and opening the cafe :)

the exception to this routine is on mondays and tuesdays, when the cafe is closed. he wakes up at 5:00 AM, goes to the gym at 5:30, and drives the girls to school instead of them taking the bus (this means they can wake up a little bit later too, yay). after his shower, haircare and skincare, he'll ease into the rest of his day. mostly takes this time to go on long walks through the city, try new food places, watch shows or movies, and test recipe ideas at home. it's his loneliest time of the week and he doesn't look forward to it, because it leaves him more vulnerable to thoughts of relapse, especially on bad days.

( this is for versions of the verse where geto doesn't have a partner. his off days are a lot easier when he isn't alone! )

[madefate]

Favorite themes to write? / What is on your wishlist? / Draft threads or word document? / @helldustedstories

Favorite themes to write? found family, i say, clawing my face as they lock me away - like you'll have to pry that from my cold dead hands i LOVE writing familial relationships. angst, hurt / comfort / drama - anything with INTENSE feelings ( it might just be me or an ADHD thing or none of the above, but i tend to fade away from more chill threads / day to day kind of things after a bit ). also fun AUs ! a lot of healing from trauma, fighting back against something oppressive, anything that lets you dig into the emotions. and hopepunk, 24/7 ! get that nihilistic grimdark shit away from me.

What is on your wishlist? so many things :') like, TOO many. i'll just list some that are bopping around the top of my head:

some Intense Conversations w/ edelgard & hubert - about their Not Fun Times, about the future, anything.

honestly anything with hunter, my BOY.

in the same vein, some emotional fakir stuff !! esp w/ ahiru & mytho

some miraculous ladybug identity reveals 😈

this has been bopping around for AGES but some later season soren & viren stuff - esp if we can rewrite that whole dying heroically thing bc actually that's less interesting than a long hard road to rehabilitation and redemption oops -

also later season soren & claudia !!

stuff for vi from the happy universe AU, where she's only presumed dead - get her back with the family, let her & jinx actually be sisters, let her have her dad ( or her zaun dads !! )

actually, vi & silco in any verse would be SUCH an interesting dynamic to explore

anything with jazz !! but i do have a soft spot for her relationship with dan post TUE because, um, that giant feral ghost is her baby brother ?? hello ??

Draft threads or word document? i used to write threads in my drafts, then i lost like two HUGE ONES for blitz & had to rewrite them, so now if i'm saving something to post later, i'll fully write it in google docs & then copy paste it & save it in drafts

[rebelrayne]

THE NEW CHAPTERS AKDHDKDKSHDKD the way i quickly forgave hamish when he got curled up in a blanket and started self hating😮‍💨 my man. question for you, what do you think his MBTI is? I'm thinking ExTx

No literally 😭😭 and he's basically like, "My dad would love you." LET'S GO MEET HIM NOW. COME ON, GO PACK YOUR STUFF!!!!

Also unrelated but the Hamish asks today? Please keep it coming I'm giggling and everything thinking about this pixel man all day.

But I'm not well-versed in MBTI (even though I know mine and I'm so interested in hearing everyone else's) so per @justtuesdays (thank you again, Tues!!) and her knowledge: Hamish is ESTP.

[falseandrealultravival]

Scorpion on the Web (Verse)

My poisonous stinger kills all humans.

My motivation is anger.

I have been treated unfairly so far.

So I take revenge.

I move in all directions on the web.

The web is my playground.

I appear everywhere.

I sting any human.

But they never die.

They will wake up a little.

Rei Morishita

ウエブ上のサソリ（韻文）

私の毒針は全ての人間を殺す

私のモチベーションは怒りだ。

私はこれまで理不尽に扱われてきた

だから私は復讐する。

私はウエブ空間を縦横に移動する

ウエブは私のプレイヤードだ。

どこにでも出没して

任意の人間に毒針を刺す。

だが彼らは決して死なない

少しは目覚めるだろう。

森下礼

Scorpion sur le Web (Couplet)

mon dard tue tous les humains

Ma motivation est la colère.

J'ai été traité injustement

Alors je vais me venger.

Je me déplace dans l'espace Web

Le Web est mon terrain de jeu.

apparaître partout

Insérez une aiguille empoisonnée dans n'importe quelle personne.

mais ils ne meurent jamais

Vous vous réveillerez un peu.

Rei Morishita

Скорпион в сети (стих)

мое жало убивает всех людей

Моя мотивация — гнев.

Со мной обошлись несправедливо

Так что я отомщу.

Я перемещаюсь по веб-пространству

Интернет — это моя детская площадка.

появляться повсюду

Воткните ядовитую иглу в любого человека.

но они никогда не умирают

Ты немного проснешься.

Рей Моришита

网络上的蝎子（诗歌）

我的毒刺杀死了所有人类

我的动机是愤怒。

我受到了不公平的对待

所以我要报仇。

我在网络空间中移���

网络是我的游乐场。

到处出现

将毒针刺入任何人体内。

但他们永远不会死

你会醒来一点。

森下丽

2025.03.23

[clown-demon]

🤡Pinned Post🤡

🎶In the whole world there's no place I'd rather be; There's a whole world waiting there for us to see

I know everything I'm not; What I'm missing is what you've got

So fold up your wings; Come fall with me🎶

Nikolai | Side muses | Rules | Promo

Indie Nikolai RP/ask blog from Bungo Stray Dogs, canon div. Single ship + Single verse. Please read his about. This blog is a multi-muse blog tho. But Nikolai is the main.

Everything friendly, cross over HIGHLY encouraged. Minors DNI due to sexual themes on this blog and I am old.

Sporadic activity. Active mostly Tues-Thurs. PST zone.

@kitxkatrp is my main RP partner and Nikolai is tied to her Dazai. You'll often see me RP with her, even if the rest of my activity is lacking. Her Dazai will be referenced quite often, along with their kids. You are NOT required to follow her, but be aware there will be refs towards her muses. Other muses Nikolai meets might be referenced as well, due to being single verse.

Status: Hiatus until health improves.

[ambrosethepoet]

Sabin Tambrea (Ludwig II Darsteller)

Die liebsten Gedichte des Königs (3/12)

Die dritte Ballade spricht ganz die Sprache des Mittelalters. Die Verfasserin war Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff. Ihr zentrales Motiv ist das der Buße und der Suche nach Erlösung. Es sind einmal mehr düstere Verse, die in Wahnsinn und Visionen kulminieren. Auch hier spiegelt sich Ludwigs Lebenswelt, die einerseits von Rittern und Edelfrauen bevölkert war; sich aber andererseits immer im Kampf mit der "Sünde" befand . . .

Der Graf von Thal

1838.

I.

Das war der Graf von Thal, So ritt an der Felsenwand; Das war sein ehlich Gemahl, Die hinter dem Steine stand.

Sie schaut' im Sonnenstrahl Hinunter den linden Hang, »Wo bleibe der Graf von Thal? Ich hört' ihn doch reiten entlang!

Ob das ein Hufschlag ist? Vielleicht ein Hufschlag fern? Ich weiß doch wohl ohne List, Ich hab' gehört meinen Herrn!«

Sie bog zurück den Zweig. »Bin blind ich oder auch taub?« Sie blinzelt' in das Gesträuch, Und horcht' auf das rauschende Laub.

Öd' war's, im Hohlweg leer, Einsam im rispelnden Wald; Doch überm Weiher, am Wehr, Da fand sie den Grafen bald.

In seinen Schatten sie trat. Er und seine Gesellen, Die flüstern und halten Rat, Viel lauter rieseln die Wellen.

Sie starrten über das Land, Genau sie spähten, genau, Sahn jedes Zweiglein am Strand, Doch nicht am Wehre die Frau.

Zur Erde blickte der Graf, So sprach der Graf von Thal: »Seit dreizehn Jahren den Schlaf Rachlose Schmach mir stahl.«

»War das ein Seufzer lind? Gesellen, wer hat's gehört?« Sprach Kurt: »Es ist nur der Wind, Der über das Schilfblatt fährt.« -

»So schwör' ich beim höchsten Gut, Und wär's mein ehlich Weib, Und wär's meines Bruders Blut, Viel minder mein eigner Leib:

Nichts soll mir wenden den Sinn, Daß ich die Rache ihm spar'; Der Freche soll werden inn', Zins tragen auch dreizehn Jahr'.

Bei Gott! das war ein Gestöhn!« Sie schossen die Blicke in Hast. Sprach Kurt: »Es ist der Föhn, Der macht seufzen den Tannenast.« -

»Und ist sein Aug' auch blind, Und ist sein Haar auch grau, Und mein Weib seiner Schwester Kind -« Hier tat einen Schrei die Frau.

Wie Wetterfahnen schnell Die Dreie wendeten sich. »Zurück, zurück, mein Gesell'! Dieses Weibes Richter bin ich.

Hast du gelauscht, Allgund? Du schweigst, du blickst zur Erd'? Das bringt dir bittre Stund'! Allgund, was hast du gehört?« -

»Ich lausch' deines Rosses Klang, Ich späh' deiner Augen Schein, So kam ich hinab den Hang. Nun tue was Not mag sein.« -

»O Frau!« sprach Jakob Port, »Da habt Ihr schlimmes Spiel! Grad' sprach der Herr ein Wort, Das sich vermaß gar viel.«

Sprach Kurt: »Ich sag' es rund, Viel lieber den Wolf im Stall, Als eines Weibes Mund Zum Hüter in solchem Fall.«

Da sah der Graf sie an, Zu Einem und zu Zwein; Drauf sprach zur Fraue der Mann: »Wohl weiß ich, du bist mein.

Als du gefangen lagst Um mich ein ganzes Jahr, Und keine Silbe sprachst: Da ward deine Treu' mir klar.

So schwöre mir denn sogleich: Sei's wenig oder auch viel, Was du vernahmst am Teich, Dir sei's wie Rauch und Spiel.

Als seie nichts geschehn, So muß ich völlig meinen; Darf dich nicht weinen sehn, Darfst mir nicht bleich erscheinen.

Denk' nach, denk' nach, Allgund! Was zu verheißen Not. Die Wahrheit spricht dein Mund, Ich weiß, und brächt' es Tod.«

Und konnte sie sich besinnen, Verheißen hätte sie's nie; So war sie halb von Sinnen, Sie schwur, und wußte nicht wie.

II.

Und als das Morgengrau In die Kemnate sich stahl: Da hatte die werte Frau Geseufzt schon manches Mal;

Manch Mal gerungen die Hand, Ganz heimlich wie ein Dieb; Rot war ihrer Augen Rand, Todblaß ihr Antlitz lieb.

Drei Tage kredenzt' sie den Wein, Und saß beim Mahle drei Tag', Drei Nächte in steter Pein In der Waldkapelle sie lag.

Wenn er die Wacht besorgt, Der Torwart sieht sie gehn, Im Walde steht und horcht Der Wilddieb dem Gestöhn'.

Am vierten Abend sie saß An ihres Herren Seit', Sie dreht' die Spindel, er las, Dann sahn sie auf, alle beid'.

»Allgund, bleich ist dein Mund!« »Herr, 's macht der Lampe Schein.« »Deine Augen sind rot, Allgund!« »'s drang Rauch vom Herde hinein.

Auch macht mir's schlimmen Mut, Daß heut vor fünfzehn Jahren Ich sah meines Vaters Blut; Gott mag die Seele wahren!

Lang ruht die Mutter im Dom, Sind Wen'ge mir verwandt, Ein' Muhm' noch und ein Ohm: Sonst ist mir keins bekannt.«

Starr sah der Graf sie an: »Es steht dem Weibe fest, Daß um den ehlichen Mann Sie Ohm und Vater läßt.«

»Ja, Herr! so muß es sein. Ich gäb' um Euch die zweie, Und mich noch obendrein, Wenn's sein müßt', ohne Reue.

Doch daß nun dieser Tag Nicht gleich den andern sei, Lest, wenn ich bitten mag, Ein Sprüchlein oder zwei.«

Und als die Fraue klar Darauf das heil'ge Buch Bot ihrem Gatten dar, Es auf von selber schlug.

Mit einem Blicke er maß Der nächsten Sprüche einen; »Mein ist die Rach'«, er las; Das will ihm seltsam scheinen.

Doch wie so fest der Mann Auf Frau und Bibel blickt, Die saß so still und spann, Dort war kein Blatt geknickt.

Um ihren schönen Leib Den Arm er düster schlang: »So nimm die Laute, Weib, Sing' mir einen lust'gen Sang!« -

»O Herr! mag's Euch behagen, Ich sing' ein Liedlein wert, Das erst vor wenig Tagen Mich ein Minstrel gelehrt.

Der kam so matt und bleich, Wollt' nur ein wenig ruhn, Und sprach, im oberen Reich Sing' man nichts Anderes nun.«

Drauf, wie ein Schrei verhallt, Es durch die Kammer klingt, Als ihre Finger kalt Sie an die Saiten bringt.

»Johann! Johann! was dachtest du An jenem Tag, Als du erschlugst deine eigne Ruh' Mit einem Schlag? Verderbtest auch mit dir zugleich Deine drei Gesellen; O, sieh nun ihre Glieder bleich Am Monde schwellen!

Weh dir, was dachtest du Johann Zu jener Stund'? Nun läuft von dir verlornem Mann Durchs Reich die Kund'! Ob dich verbergen mag der Wald, Dich wird's ereilen; Horch nur, die Vögel singen's bald, Die Wölf' es heulen!

O weh! das hast du nicht gedacht, Johann! Johann! Als du die Rache wahr gemacht Am alten Mann. Und wehe! nimmer wird der Fluch Mit dir begraben, Dir, der den Ohm und Herrn erschlug, Johann von Schwaben!«

Aufrecht die Fraue bleich Vor ihrem Gatten stand, Der nimmt die Laute gleich, Er schlägt sie an die Wand.

Und als der Schall verklang, Da hört man noch zuletzt, Wie er die Hall' entlang Den zorn'gen Fußtritt setzt.

III.

Von heut' am siebenten Tag' Das war eine schwere Stund', Als am Balkone lag Auf ihren Knien Allgund.

Laut waren des Herzens Schläge: »O Herr! erbarme dich mein, Und bracht' ich Böses zuwege, Mein sei die Buß' allein.«

Dann beugt sie tief hinab, Sie horcht und horcht und lauscht: Vom Wehre tost es herab, Vom Forste drunten es rauscht.

War das ein Fußtritt? nein! Der Hirsch setzt über die Kluft. Sollt' ein Signal das sein? Doch nein, der Auerhahn ruft.

»O mein Erlöser, mein Hort! Ich bin mit Sünde beschwert, Sei gnädig und nimm mich fort, Eh' heim mein Gatte gekehrt

Ach, wen der Böse umgarnt, Dem alle Kraft er bricht! Doch hab' ich ja nur gewarnt, Verraten, verraten ja nicht!

Weh! das sind Rossestritte.« Sie sah sie fliegen durchs Tal Mit wildem grimmigen Ritte, Sie sah auch ihren Gemahl.

Sie sah ihn dräuen, genau, Sie sah ihn ballen die Hand: Da sanken die Knie der Frau, Da rollte sie über den Rand.

Und als zum Schlimmen entschlossen Der Graf sprengt' in das Tor, Kam Blut entgegen geflossen, Drang unterm Gitter hervor.

Und als er die Hände sah falten Sein Weib in letzter Not, Da konnt' er den Zorn nicht halten, Bleich ward sein Gesicht so rot.

»Weib, das den Tod sich erkor!« - »'s war nicht mein Wille« sie sprach, Noch eben bracht' sie's hervor. »Weib, das seine Schwüre brach!«

Wie Abendlüfte verwehen Noch einmal haucht sie ihn an: »Es mußt' eine Sünde geschehen - Ich hab' sie für dich getan!«

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

[srbachchan]

DAY 5680

Jalsa, Mumbai Sept 5, 2023 Tue 12 :10 PM

Birthday - EF Renate Deuring .. EF Santosini Tripathy Wednesday, 6 September .. and all the good wishes for the day for them that have been with the family for years .. ❤️🌹

I felt this morning .. or as I lay desperately trying to get the eyes to shut for the dreams of dreams .. that .. what I had put up on various media platforms was perhaps not quite understood .. or where it came from ..

the words were composed by me , inspired by the famous Kabir doha

“गुरू गोविन्द दोऊ खड़े काके लागूं पांय, बलिहारी गुरू आपने गोविन्द दियो बताय "

guru govind dou khade kaáke lagün paáya, balihaari guru aapne govind diyo bataáy ...

Kabir Das ..

Kabir (1398–1518)  was a well-known Indian mystic poet and saint. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, and Kabir Sagar of Dharamdas.

Born in the city of Varanasi in what is now Uttar Pradesh ..

the Doha, or a poetic style of writing, means, and what Kabir expresses is :

that Guru and the Almighty both stand before me ; who's feet should I touch for blessings ?

and the Doha says :

bow down your head at the feet of the Guru, for he was the one that introduced you to the Almighty - told you about the Almighty

SO .. when I saw the picture of Abhishek and myself at the GOJ , I remembered the Doha of Kabir and designed one, inspired by the Kabir Doha , and wrote -

' पिता पुत्र दोनों खड़े, काके करूँ प्रणाम , जीव दीन बाबूजी इनको, करें उन्हें साष्टांग ' ~ ab

pita putr dono khade, kaáke karü pranaam ,

jeev deen babuji inko, karén unhën sashtaang ..

meaning ..

(this as though someone from the crowd asks this question to the two Father and Son .. that the Father and Son both before me , who do I greet first with pranaam , namaste, namaskaar 🙏)

and the line next says in meaning :

life was given to them, Father and the Son, by Babuji, ( as I address my Father publicly ), do sashtaáng pranaam to him - to Babuji ..

saáshtaáng is the deepest gesture or posture of placing yourself in obeisance before the feet of any :

the deeper meaning then be that .. do not give your respectful namaste to us Father and Son .. do a sashtang to my Father, Babuji , for he created the two of us ..

and the reference goes back to the original Kabir Doha of Guru and the Almighty .. pay the respect first to the Guru, for he was the one that introduced you to the Almighty ..

Babuji in his autobiography may have said that Amitabh is my best poetry ..

BUT ..

He, Babuji was the poet !!

Love and respect and 🙏

Amitabh Bachchan