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| Finally we arrived.
"Where are you ?" she asked. They stood in a circle without touching her. "Listen to me !" cried my boxer Duke "I am not here to answer but to ask. How many are you?" "One" said the first one. "My name is Kether." "We have come a long way. Where could we quench our thirst?" I asked. "And where can we satisfy our hunger?" asked Duke. "Where could you not do it?" answered the second one. His name was Chochma. "Could I get full alone?" I asked. "Without you your boxer is incomplete, but without him you are nothing." said the third one. His name was Binah. "I can't interpret you any more. I am afraid." said Duke. "What more can I demand of you, than to be afraid? If you are only afraid of me then you don't need to interpret anymore." said the forth one. His name was Chesed. "What do you want, what do you have, what do you know?" I asked. The fifth one said nothing. His name was Pechad. "What are you doing?" I asked. "I'm doing anything. I know." said the sixth one. His name was Tipheret. "What do you know?" I asked. "I don't know anything. I understand it." said the seventh one. His name was Netzah. "What do you understand?" I asked. "I don't understand anything. I am looking for it." said the eighth one. His name was Hod. "What are you looking tor?" I asked. "I am not looking for anything. I do it." said the ninth. His name was Yesod. "Why don't you tell us what we should do?" I shouted. "I say it all the time," said the tenth one, "but I never repeat it." His name was Malkuth. We went back. And it was midday and we walked like the blind in the dark. And since Duke was running back and forth it happened that he fell into a swamp. And I hesitated before helping him because I didn't want to get dirty. And a rider came along. And I said, "Go back, this is a dangerous area." And he turned around and asked, "Why are you still going further?" And I said, "Your horse is strong, but my boxer is weak. We can't go back yet." In the evening we reached an inn. The innkeeper came out and welcomed us. "My store is open, I give credit. Everything has been given as security. The book is open and my hand writes. Everyone who wants to borrow can come and borrow. Everything is prepared tor the meal." We entered the inn. "Where have you been?" the innkeeper asked, after we had eaten. "At Pniel Castle." we answered. "The castle is burning," said the innkeeper. We turned around. The castle was burning. "I am the master of the castle," he said."I am the same until old age and until I am greyhaird it is I who carries it. . . " We went to our rooms. "The castle is burning, but it has a master." Duke said to me. While I went to get some water, Duke sat down at his easel. "What are you painting?" I asked. "Schechina's laugh." he said. "But I have never heard her laugh." I said. "That is why I am painting it." answered Duke. That is how this picture came to be. |
Sixth Day (english version)