An cumadóir Ostarach Giúdach
Alban Berg
(An gá Giúdach a rá?
An gá Ostarach a rá?)
Tosnaigh arís . . .
An cumadóir
Alban Berg
(An gá cumadóir a rá?)
Is cuma má b'Ostarach é
Is cuma má ba Ghiúdach é
Is cuma má ba chumadóir é
Go deimhin, níor Ghiúdach in aon chor é
ach ó dhein sé staidéar faoi Arnold Schoenberg -
ba leor sin!
Tháinig mé ar ghrianghraf d'Alban Berg
agus é ar leaba a bháis
baineadh siar asam.
Glacaim leis gurb é fórsa na beatha ionainn
a iompaíonn in aghaidh íomhánna an bháis sinn.
Íomhánna lán de bheatha is d'fhuinneamh
a bhíonn timpeall orainn
an t-am ar fad.
Nuair a fheicimid íomhá an bháis
cúbaimid siar uaithi
ach amháin, ar ndóigh, más ilíomhánna iad
cuir i gcás iad siúd a chailltear in Gaza, gan chall
Phrioc feithid Alban Berg
agus dá dheasca sin
fágadh neascóid ar a dhroim
a dhein nimhiú ar a chuid fola
Na mairbh in Gaza
cén nimh a mharaigh iad?
An bhfuil frithnimh ar fáil?
P.S. Tá astaróideach sna flaithis a ainmníodh in ómós do Berg
thuas ansin áit éigin, ag foghlaim Cheol na Sféar.
Cá bhfuil na hastaróidigh in ómós do shlua na marbh in Gaza?
Musica Universalis
The Austrian Jewish composer
Alban Berg
(Do we need to say Jewish?
Do we need to say Austrian?)
Start again . . .
The composer
Alban Berg
(Do we need to say composer?)
It doesn't matter that he was Austrian
It doesn't matter that he was Jewish
It doesn't matter that he was a composer
In fact, he wasn't Jewish at all
but since he studied under Arnold Schoenberg -
that was enough!
I came across a photo of Alban Berg
on his deathbed
I was taken aback.
I suppose it's the life force within us
that automatically rejects images of death.
Surrounded as we are
by images of life and liveliness
on seeing an image of death
we shrink from it
unless, of course, the image is multiplied daily on our screens
as in the spectacle of those who die needlessly in Gaza.
Alban Berg died from the bite of an insect
resulting in
a furuncle (or boil) on his back
which lead to blood poisoning
The dead of Gaza
What is the poison?
What the antidote?
P. S. There's an asteroid in the heavens named after Berg
up there somewhere, learning the Music of the Spheres!
Where are the asteroids to honour the Gazan dead?
MUSICA UNIVERSALIS
The Austrian Jewish upmakker
Alban Berg
(Whit need tae mou Jewish?
Whit need tae mou Austrian?)
Stert ower...
The upmakker
Alan Berg
(Whit need tae mou upmakker?)
It disnae maitter he wis Austrian
It disnae maitter he wis Jewish
It disnae maitter he wis an upmakker
as a maitter o fact, he wisnae Jewish ataw
bit bein a prentice o Arnold Schoenberg -
that wis eneuch!
Ah cam ower a photy o Alan Berg
on's daithbed
It wis sica dint.
Ah jalouse it's the life wi'in us
thit naitrally rejecks eemages o daith.
Ringit roon bi eemages
o life an smeddum
whan daith hysts its heid
we coorie frae't
onless, o coorse, the eemage growes ilka day on oor screens
lik the scunnersum sicht o thae whae dee (fir whit need?) in Gaza.
Alban Berg deed frae the gnap o a beastie
whase efterins
wis a bile on's back
syne bluid puzzenin.
The deid o Gaza
Whit's the puzzen?
Whit's the cuir?
P.S. i the heivens thair's an asteroid nemmit efter Berg abuin sumwhaur, lairnin the Maisic o the Spheres!
Whaur'r the asteroids nemmit fir Gaza's deid?
(Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald)
