There Are Moments when a small thing is a big thing, and there are moments when a big thing is a small thing. Be attentive and know the difference.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
FREUNDSCHAFT ZEIGT SICH
Freundschaft zeigt sich
auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise;
geistig, gedanklich, emotionell, körperlich,
grob, fein, gebend, nehmend, laut, leise;
Die wahre Absicht ist wesentlich:
Das, was ich Deinem Herzen beweise;
Begleiten wir uns, Du mich, ich Dich,
auf unsrer eigenen, manchmal unsichtbaren, Reise.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
WAKING
I thought I was awake
Until I woke up
And realised it was a dream
Who filled my cup?
Overflowing with dreams
The more I take
For goodness’ sake
In reality it seems
On dreams I sup.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
HINEIN HORCHEN
Wenn niemand mit mir redet,
redet meine Innere Stimme mit mir.
Wenn Dein Herz leise und Dein Kopf laut ist,
schweigt die Innere Stimme in Dir
nicht, aber Du hörst sie vielleicht nicht mehr.
Ein bisschen Schweigen ab und an,
Deiner Lebensqualität wohlgetan;
klarer wirst Du, einfach, glücklich, hehr.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
HUMAN DIGNITY
Whatever you take from people,
Try not to take away their dignity –
It is what makes us human. Simple.
Human dignity is a kind gift from Divinity.
Preserve it as much as you can
In every child, in every man, in every woman,
It confirms to us that we are human.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
DER WACHE GEIST ALS RETTER
Wenn der Menschheit Verstand
gänzlich überholt und übertroffen wurde
durch die eigene künstliche Intelligenz,
bleibt nur der Geist übrig als unüberwindbare Hürde.
Der lebendige Geist wird führen,
Der schlafende Geist lässt sich verführen.
Und Du? Was wirst Du machen?
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
ZU HAUS
Mit Herz und Hand
Geist führt und Verstand
führt aus.
So fühle ich mich zu Haus.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
NICHT HASSEN
Loslassen
Nicht hassen
Einfach loslassen
Die Vergangenheit verlassen
Die Gegenwart niemals verpassen.
Einfach loslassen
Nicht hassen.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
EXHAUST THE PRESENT
One vital characteristic of the present is that it cannot fathom what invention or innovation the distant future will bring. Sure, it can imagine what new thing it would like to create or invent, based on the needs and gaps it sees today; but what startling new, and startlingly different, state or technology will rule reality long after it is gone, it cannot imagine now. Thus, it can not conceive at this moment the lens through which the future will look back at it, and appraise and critic or judge or justify it, one day, in a distant time, when the world has changed again.
Nor does it need to know. The present’s duty is to live proudly and thoroughly with a full chest. The more completely it gives and exhausts of itself, the more startling and magical and new the future will be which it shall one day birth. And whatever that future wants to think of it, let it do so. The most important thing, and all the present needs to know, is that it has honestly lived its best and fullest life to the utmost of its capabilities. This is the only tribute it owes to Reality and to the inexorable and unstoppable march of progress, change and development through eternal time.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
THE SILENCE GARDEN
If you don‘t know what to say,
Don‘t say anything.
If you have nothing to say,
Say nothing.
If it’s not yet ripe for saying,
Don’t say it.
If you lack clarity,
Look for it and wait for it.
Be silent, prayerful and observant;
Silence is the garden, clarity is the plant;
To discover what you really need and want.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
