Milan Kundera
O mais pesado dos fardos nos esmaga, verga-nos, comprime-nos contra o chão. Na poesia amorosa de todos os séculos, porém, a mulher deseja receber o fardo do corpo masculino. O mais pesado dos fardos é, portanto, ao mesmo tempo a imagem da realização vital mais intensa. Quanto mais pesado é o fardo mais próxima da terra está nossa vida, e mais real e verdadeira ela é. Em compensação, a ausência total de fardo leva o ser humano a se tornar mais leve do que o ar, leva-o a voar, a se distanciar da terra, do ser terrestre, a se tornar semi-real, e leva seus movimentos a ser tão livres como insignificantes. O que escolher então? O peso ou a leveza?
(A Insustentável Leveza do Ser)
The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But in love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously an image of life's most intense fulfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?”
(The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
(A Insustentável Leveza do Ser)
The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But in love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously an image of life's most intense fulfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?”
(The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
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