{"id":4824,"date":"2018-10-19T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T12:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tembusu.nus.edu.sg\/treehouse\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T04:50:17","slug":"solomon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tembusu3.nus.edu.sg\/treehouse\/2018\/10\/solomon\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hanniel Lim pens a villanelle with an existentialist interpretation of the voice of the biblical figure Solomon. It references Jewish and Islamic traditions.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

I hear the proverbs of the universe
\n<\/span>Through that delightful language given me!
\n<\/span>All things are heard by me as metaphors.<\/span><\/p>\n

I ask for nature\u2019s song that never errs
\n<\/span>And nature cannot hide its mystery.
\n<\/span>I speak my words but hear the universe.<\/span><\/p>\n

My senses jest me with its endless cheers
\n<\/span>Until their pleasures are no ecstasy.
\n<\/span>All things are made for me as metaphors.<\/span><\/p>\n

The winds and streams recite to me their curse:
\n<\/span>No destination is their destiny.
\n<\/span>No scream lets me unhear the universe.<\/span><\/p>\n

A lifetime\u2019s worth of strives are simply slurs\u2014
\n<\/span>Our canons whispers of infinity.
\n<\/span>All things are made to be mere metaphors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon just the words for yet another verse,
\n<\/span>I am a rightful language given me.
\n<\/span>All has been heard about the universe:
\n<\/span>God made all things to be his metaphors.<\/span><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Header and feature images by Hanniel Lim <\/em><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

About the author <\/em><\/p>\n

Hanniel Lim is a Year 1 Architecture student. He enjoys the classics and writes poetry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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