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== The Eagle and the Parrot == | == The Eagle and the Parrot == | ||
The chatty parrot | The chatty parrot | ||
One day with a particularly | One day with a particularly arrogant attitude | ||
Turned to the Eagle – "Really"– | Turned to the Eagle – "Really"– | ||
He said " | He said "My god! You have to peacefully tolerate | ||
Which?" the Eagle responded. – | that I have an advantage over you:" | ||
To the other birds | Which is?" the Eagle responded. – | ||
To the other birds | |||
And to me, the greatest | the Man of creation bestowed the gift of singing: | ||
And to me, the greatest quality, | |||
He gave accent and speech." | |||
Fool!" the angered eagle responded– | |||
Even though you chatter from morning to evening, | |||
Your speech is like a useless echo | |||
That | Because you cannot understand | ||
That which you hear and repeat. | |||
I, in the | I, in the presence of the shining, radiant disc | ||
Of the sun, | Of the sun, I focus my pupils–and how many | ||
Animals like you bother me– | |||
I | I tear them apart with my beak or I shred them with my claws." | ||
=== Morality === | === Morality === | ||
In the end, the parrot is like a gossipy person, a slanderer, a blabbermouth | In the end, the parrot is like a gossipy person, a slanderer, a blabbermouth | ||
Who the | Who the universe wants to keep at school. | ||
With his empty and changing words, | With his empty and changing words, | ||
A man who is intellectual and has a | A man who is intellectual and has a noble heart | ||
Avoids | Avoids him and thinks he is vile: | ||
But there is trouble if he | But there is trouble if he crosses the slanderous man, | ||
For he will strike with his excited ingenuity. | |||
M. Consigli | M. Consigli | ||