{"id":718,"date":"2024-08-25T17:11:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pair-o-dice.filk.de\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:08:01","slug":"ravens-eyes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/songs\/ravens-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Raven&#8217;s Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><em>(A Haida Tale)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Said \u00cdihlanga to J\u00e1adaa: \u201cFair J\u00e1adaa, let us wed!\u201d<br \/>\nShe gazed upon the gifts he bore,<br \/>\nbut J\u00e1adaa\u2019s pride demanded more.<br \/>\nShe looked beyond the sky and shore<br \/>\nand laughed and shook her head,<br \/>\nand laughed and shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>Said J\u00e1adaa: \u201cYou are sturdy, but no more then other men.<br \/>\nOh, if you were as strong as Bear,<br \/>\nnow, I would love you then.<br \/>\nYes, I would love you then.\u201d<br \/>\nSaid \u00cdihlanga to Bear: \u201cO brother Bear, your strength I crave!\u201d<br \/>\nBear touched him as he dreamt that night,<br \/>\nhis muscles tensed in feral might,<br \/>\nyet J\u00e1adaa, like a bird in flight<br \/>\nforgot the word she gave &#8211;<br \/>\nforgot the word she gave.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-721 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ravenFreigestellt-257x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Said J\u00e1adaa: \u201cYou\u2019re fleet-footed, but no more then other men.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019d outdo swift Caribou,<br \/>\nOh, I could love you then.<br \/>\nYes, I could love you then.\u201d<br \/>\nSaid \u00cdihlanga to Caribou: \u201cOh, sister, lend me speed!\u201d<br \/>\nShe touched him in a restless sleep,<br \/>\nbut J\u00e1adaa\u2019s heart was hers to keep,<br \/>\nher smile so far, so cold, so deep<br \/>\nas he chased through copse and reed &#8211;<br \/>\nas he chased through copse and reed.<\/p>\n<p>Said J\u00e1adaa: \u201cYou are prudent, but no more then other men.<br \/>\nWere you as wise as Raven\u2019s eyes,<br \/>\nwell, I might love you then.<br \/>\nYes, I might love you then.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cOh, Raven, give me cunning, to prove my will to wed!\u201d<br \/>\nBut Raven, wily Raven,<br \/>\nbut Raven, wayward Raven,<br \/>\nbut Raven, Trickster Raven<br \/>\ngave him wings instead,<br \/>\nhe gave him wings instead.<\/p>\n<p>Each year the salmon swim upstream and grey whale pass the shore.<br \/>\nFair J\u00e1adaa sees her life flow by,<br \/>\nstill waiting for the raven\u2019s cry,<br \/>\nbut he who loved had learned to fly<br \/>\nand would come back no more.<br \/>\nOh, he came back no more.<br \/>\nNo, he\u2019ll come back no more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(A Haida Tale) Said \u00cdihlanga to J\u00e1adaa: \u201cFair J\u00e1adaa, let us wed!\u201d She gazed upon the gifts he bore, but J\u00e1adaa\u2019s pride demanded more. She looked beyond the sky and shore and laughed and shook her head, and laughed and shook her head. Said J\u00e1adaa: \u201cYou are sturdy, but no more then other men. Oh,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":625,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions\/943"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairodice.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}