Destruction of the New York's World Trade Center
A cité neuve pensif pour condamner,
To the new city,thoughtful to condemn,
L’oiseau de proie au ciel se vient offrir:
Après victoire à captif pardonner
Cremone et Mantoue grands maux aura souffert.
The bird of prey offers itself in sacrifice
The victors forgive the prisoners,
Cremona and Mantua will have suffered great sorrows.
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cité neuve pensif pour condamner L'oiseau de proie au ciel se vient offrir. |
new city. Here, it could apply to many cities around the world, but in view of what follows in the quatrain, I do believe it is New York City.
thoughtful to condemn.The adjective thoughtful is taken here in the sense of reflexion. The ones who will sacrifice their own life and that of others have made up their mind. After months and months of indoctrination on the necessity and the heroism of their holy mission, they already sees themselves in Heaven. the bird of prey. The bird of prey is, of course, the plane that, like a bird of prey, approaches the towers. It is also the bird of prey of fanatism that extends its tentacles everywhere in the world. offer themselves in sacrifice. |
Interpretation
Having made up their mind to strike
The plane of the terrorists heads for the World Trade Centre in New York.
History
Here, there is no need to quote the newspapers' articles. Anywhere on the planet, people have heard of or seen the destruction of New York's (A cité neuve - In new (York) city) World Trade Centre by the terrorists of Oussama Ben Laden.
Those who thus sacrifice their life and that of so many innocent victims have made up their mind. After months and months of indoctrination on the necessity and the heroism of their holy mission, they already see themselves in Heaven (Pensif pour condamner - thoughtful to condemn)<BR>
. When the time has arrived, there is no more hésitation. The plane passengers (L'oiseau de proie - the bird of prey) and all those who worked in the World Trade Centre were already condemned when the plane left the airport.(Au ciel se vient offrir - offers itself from the sky)
The bird of prey is, of course, the plane that, like a bird of prey, approaches the towers. It is also the bird of prey of fanatism that extends its tentacles everywhere in the world.
Such a gratuitous act is certainly a lesson for the USA and also for humanity, for we are all One. Islam is no more to blame than any other religion. One has to remember the Crusades, the Inquisition and the extermination of the Jews during World War II to realize that fanatism is a form of hypnosis where the adept forgets the most elementary rules of decency and justice. 'Thou shall not kill!
No sect, no religion and by the same token, no preacher, pastor or priest has the right to force on others their own vision, quite often erroneous, of spirituality. Spirituality is not manifested in churches, but at the contact of those we meet in our everyday life. Once this lesson learned, there will be less of those preachers and much more of that love and compassion we need during that short journey on earth.