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El pez más viejo del río
From Fado & Flamenco Sketches (1 and 2)
(The fish, the oldest in the river,
for all the wisdom he had gathered through the years,
lived cheerlessly, whereas the water all around him danced and smiled.)
For all the knowledge I have gathered, all the songs I've learned to sing
and all the love that I have shared, I feel a sadness infinite.
There is the street on which the world advances, negligent of me,
of all I know and of the songs and of the love I shared with you.
And there's the river where the water's flowing lather-topped and clear,
with logs and shingles sighing, rolling in its bed,
and reed leaf boats that children's hands sent out on depths of open seas.
Yes, there's the river where I'll drown,
and there the depths of open seas where I'll be free.
Arndt Britschgi: Born and raised in Finland, Arndt Britschgi spent the best part of his life
in Madrid, Spain, and in 2006 completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Zürich, Switzerland
- his book on Newcomb's Paradox/Free Will is available in English from Philosophia Verlag in Germany.
Besides in Ascent Aspirations, writings of his have appeared in Literary Fragments, Kulttuurivihkot
(Finnish), Southern Cross Review, the EOTU E-Zine, milk magazine, Slow Trains Literary Journal,
The Modern Review, and Feathertale.
Email: Arndt Britschgi
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