on the 31 bus

Up, Down.

the driver has a banner behind him, saying:
"Se algum dia eu tivesse que escolher entre você e felicidade eu escolheria você porque sem você jamais seria feliz."

"If one day I had to choose between you and happiness I would choose you because without you I would never be happy.



and the radio is playing:
There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.

There's a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
There's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, and it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, and it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go
In case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
     Led Zeppelin.

Genesis 28:12		Gênesis 28:12
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.		Então Jacó sonhou. Ele viu uma escada que ia da terra até o céu, e os anjos de Deus subiam e desciam por ela.
... later in the story ...
Genesis 32:24
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.		Aí veio um homem que lutou com ele até o dia amanhecer. Quando o homem viu que não podia vencer, deu um golpe na junta da coxa de Jacó, de modo que ela ficou fora do lugar.

"'Nobody else could have got in this way, as this
entrance was meant only for you. Now I'll go and close it'."
     Franz Kafka, The Trial.

Tags: Jacob, Jacó, Chagall, Kafka.
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