Forty Mothers

VORLESEN

Forty Mothers

 

The sky gives birth to the mountain

The mountain gives birth to the rain

That is what the circle begins with

The rain bears the grass and the grain

 

The grain gives birth to the sheep

The sheep gives birth to the cloth

The cloth gives birth to the heat

And the heat gives birth to the fog

 

The fog gives birth to the lake

The lake bears the fish and the drop

The drop gives birth to the bottle

While the fish bears the fish eating dog

 

The dog gives birth to the hunt

The hunt gives birth to the bird

The bird gives birth to the cry

Cry of joy and cry of alert

 

The cry gives birth to the beat

The beat gives birth to the whip

The whip bears the obedient horse

Called also the four-legged ship

 

The horse delivers the saddle

By the saddle the rider is born

The rider gives birth to the mare’s milk

The mare’s milk gives birth to the horn

 

The horn gives birth to the dancer

The dancer gives birth to the drunk

The drunk gives birth to the oak tree

To both parts, it’s top and it’s trunk

 

The tree trunk bears fourty mothers

We’re close to the point where to tie

The mothers give birth to the land

And the land gives birth to the sky

 

Musik Tim Krohn

Text Tim Krohn

Gesang, Gitarre, Keyboards: Tim Krohn

Kontrabass, Gesang, Xylofon, Zieharmonika: Anna Trauffer

Aufnahmen und Mix: Philipp Schaufelberger

Mastering: André Pousaz

Aufgenommen im Frühling 2024