Tímarit Þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga - 01.01.1963, Qupperneq 96

Tímarit Þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga - 01.01.1963, Qupperneq 96
78 TIMARIT ÞJÓÐRÆKNISFÉLAGS ÍSLENDINGA to come here who can wake him up. (Goes out.) A moment’s silence; then there is a soft knock at the door. Worm (sits up in his bed): Who are you? A Voice (resembling an echo): Who are you? Worm: My name is Worm. The Voice: My name is Worm. The door opens of its own accord. Outside, darkness is seen. Worm: Why didn’t you leave me in peace? The Voice: The sleep of death has no dreams. Worm: Now I had best dream no more. The Voice: Life is lovely for one dream of bliss—a dream which death could not afford you. If death had dreams, it would not be death but life. Worm: WThat is death? The Voice: A dreamless sleep. Whenever you are not dreaming, you are dead. Worm: What is life? The Voice: A dream while you sleep. Worm: What is a dream? The Voice: You don’t know what a dream is until you wake up. Worm: I want to wake up! The Voice: You want to fall asleep. Worm: Shan’t I awake in death? The Voice: It won’t be you who will awake when I die. Worm: Can’t I ever wake up then? The Voice: You will awake when you know yourself. Worm: But death begins where dreams end. The Voice: While sleeping, you can’t distinguish between a dream and reality. Perhaps you will discover upon awakening that what you thought was real is a dream and that what you thought was a dream is real. Worm: Then happiness may consist in my knowing myself. Tlie Voice: That—nothing else—is the true meaning of happiness. Worm: If I knew myself, I might wake up in perfect health in the orchard with Firefly. The Voice (resembling Worm’s own voice even more): I am awake in the orchard with Firefly. Worm (jealously): You? The Voice: Now I have found Fire- fly, my sweetheart and my refuge, whom I have loved dearly for a long time without your knowledge. Worm (furious): Then you are my enemy. The Voice: Oh, with what joy Fire- fly has welcomed me, embraced me, and kissed me. Worm (on the verge of tears): I could never have imagined that she would do a thing like that. Fickle, unfaithful, treacherous Firefly. This is the death blow; now I have no longer any reason for living. The Voice: Go on living, so that Firefly and I may continue to live together and love each other. Live, to make us happy. Worm (paralyzed): I am not cap- able of such self-denial and self-
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