Anarchistbanjo's World

The Winged Torch
 
You desire a symbol for you and your house,
Which is a symbol of happiness for all time;
Yet which image is so rich and free,
As to symbolize the desires of so many souls.
 
We would gladly like everyone to achieve the happiness,
That finally unifies the eternal duality;
Yet when I seize mine, yours perhaps goes away.
So I lay down and thought about such a symbol.
 
Then I dreamed: On a coat of arms with two divisions
A torch came drifting through the night.
It blazed; the stars all hung
Like gnats around it, and its soaring flight
Caused me to spring up:
This sign applies to everyone, who understands it!

-Richard Dehmal
translation by Joe Bandel