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Der Panther (The Captain's Daughter is the Cat o' Nine Tails)

from Temple of the Atheist Mantis by Shadow Adept

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(from the poem, Der Panther, by Rainer Maria Rilke)

Sein Blick ist vom Vorübergehn der Stäbe
so müd geworden, daß er nichts mehr hält.
Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbe
und hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt.

His gaze against the sweeping of the bars
has grown so weary, it can hold no more.
To him, there seem to be a thousand bars,
and behind the bars, no world.

Der weiche Gang geschmeidig starker Schritte,
der sich im allerkleinsten Kreise dreht,
ist wie ein Tanz von Kraft um eine Mitte,
in der betäubt ein großer Wille steht.

As he paces in cramped circles, over and over,
the movement of his powerful soft strides
is like a ritual dance around a center
in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.

Nur manchmal schiebt der Vorhang der Pupille
sich lautlos auf –. Dann geht ein Bild hinein,
geht durch der Glieder angespannte Stille –
und hört im Herzen auf zu sein.

Only at times, the curtains of his pupils
lift quietly--. An image enters in,
rushes through the tense stillness of the limbs,
plunges into the heart and is gone.
Heart, and is gone.
Heart, and is gone.

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from Temple of the Atheist Mantis, released April 20, 2017

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