Da liberdade no Egipto à poesia - Beloved Country

O Egipto vive momentos trágicos na procura da liberdade. O país das pirâmides, de Tutankhamon, de Nefertiti e de Osíris, hoje, chora e luta pela democracia, palavra que ainda não consta do dicionário de alguns países.

As ocorrências políticas levaram-me a pensar nesta tela de Hoogstraten e, em particular, no detalhe da gaiola, será que a porta se abrirá?

Samuel Von Hoogstraten, View of a Corridor, 1662, Details

Views of a Corridor

BELOVED COUNTRY

Over three thousand years ago an Egyptian once wrote;

Its fields are full of good things and it has provision for every day
Its granaries overflow, they reach the sky.
Its ponds are full of fishes and its lakes of birds.
Its fields are green with grass and its banks bear dates.
He who lives there is happy,
And the poor man is like the great elsewhere.

Retirado daqui

Mohamed Maged Song "Ir Nfr" with Ancient Egyptian language, hieroglyphic script