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30 March 2010

MAYBE -- a poem Archimandrite Seraphim (Alexiev)


T A L M A C H
so much and simple





MAYBE
To walk in sin
tormented and repentant,
to shudder guilty, shy,
and seized by infinite dismay,
and put up a stern face,
be righteous and brightful,
with vice well-hidden
and virtues but for show ...
To waver in uncertainty,
live in a counterfeited fake,
turning onto God,
obedient to devil;
to pledge yourself to virtues,
and be a slave to evil,
to love life dearly,
and be in grave, but living,
and your struggle to remain
forever lost to others -
it is my fate, this...
And yours, maybe!

Archimandrite Seraphim (Alexiev)

03/24/1996 - Vladimir Djambov, translator




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Предговор на преводача
към пиесата "Съмнение, притча"

(или какво има над пиесата на Джон Шанли)
Има прилепчиви определения, от които става трудно да се отърсиш. Като например „Експериментално богословие” – казано за настоящата пиеса!
Експериментално богословие” – това е евфемизъм за сатанизма.
Истината – Съмнението и тихият пристан. Мъдростта – в надежда, вяра и любов...
За Западния човек е много по-трудно да познае Истината, защото над тях има много повече пластове лъжа, а опитното познаване на Истината е за тях до голяма степен неразбираемо.
И когато някой „западняк“ седне да размишлява – честно и с много рационален ум, то той рано или късно – стига да му е останало сърце – стига до Православието.
Владимир Джамбов
11.06.2010 г.


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Preface by the translator into Bulgarian
of the play “Doubt, a parable”

(or what’s above John Shanley’s play)
There are contagious definitions, which are hard to shake off. Such as "Experimental Theology" – said about this play!
"Experimental Theology" – an euphemism for Satanism.
Truth – Doubt and quiet harbor. Wisdom – in the hope, faith, and love...
For a Western man it is much more difficult to know the truth, because above them there are many more layers of lies and to know the truth experimentally is for them something to a great degree incomprehensible.
And when a "Westerner" sits down to meditate – honestly and with a rational mind, one sooner or later – if one has heart left – eventually comes to Orthodoxy.
Vladimir Djambov
June, 11, 2010

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