The Clod and the Pebble — Glina i kamenčić

© 2005 photo by Carmen Ezgeta: Beduinska djevojčica - Young Bedouin Girl, pustinja Sinai - Sinai Desert, Egipat - Egypt, studeni - November 2005

Love seeketh not Itself to please
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

So sang a little Clod of Clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet;
But a Pebble of the brook,
Warbled out these metres meet.

Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to Its delight:
Joys in another loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heavens despite.

Ljubav za sebe ne brine
Sto njoj godi, to ne radi;
Drugom predat ce miline
Usred Pakla Nebo gradi.

To zapjeva grumen gline
Sto kopitom gazi stoka;
Ali pjesma druga sine
Kamencicu kraj potoka.

Ljubav samo za se mari
Voli kad je drugi treba
Da uz svoje veze cari
Trun je Pakla usred Neba.

William Blake

(1757 - 1827)

poet, artist, engraver

muzika - music: Jean Michel Jarre

(1948)

© 2005 photo by Carmen Ezgeta: Beduinska djevojcica, pustinja Sinai, Egipat, Azija, studeni 2005.
Young Bedouin Girl, Sinai Desert, Egypt , Asia, November 2005

Bedouins:

Nomadic Arabs, recognized by their nomadic lifestyles, specific dialects, social structures and culture.
Their numbers are decreasing, as more and more are changing from nomadic lifestyles to sedentary.

Estimates say nomadic Bedouins constitute about 10% of the population of the central Middle East.
Their life forms are pastoral: they herd camels, but often also sheep, goats and cattle. Handicrafts form another important source of income.
Bedouins are normally migrating only in parts of the year, depending on grazing conditions. In winter, when there is some precipitation,
they migrate deeper into the desert, while they seek refuge around secure water sources in the hot and dry summer time.
Bedouins have traditionally occupied the Sinai Peninsula.
Within the limits of declared Protected Areas they retain their traditional rights and continue to occupy their settlements,
women graze their sheep and goat herds and men fish.

Activities that are likely to damage habitats or reduce their biodiversity are now regulated by EEAA staff in cooperation with concerned Bedouin.
Bedouin staff have been contracted by the EEAA as Park Rangers or to provide services to the Protectorates.

Bedouin culture has been founded on strict tribal laws and traditions. Nature is respected, water is consumed sparingly,
small water reservoirs are constructed on hillsides to assist wildlife, the relationship between coral reefs and fisheries is clearly understood and damage
to reef areas is limited. Tribal law prohibits the cutting of "green trees", the penalty could be up to three 2 year old camels or their equivalent value.

Bedouins have said that "killing a tree is like killing a soul". Much can be learned from that statement.

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