#, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" msgctxt "64085d2c029655eb5d57444fce2d70a9" msgid "Ex Oblivione " msgstr "" msgctxt "70527f0b469f983b3e81b941ea98b66b" msgid "By H. P. Lovecraft" msgstr "" msgctxt "a33b41422df5b609babc224b3132bbe3" msgid "" "When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to " "drive me to madness like the small drops of water that torturers let fall " "ceaselessly upon one spot of their victim’s body, I loved the irradiate " "refuge of sleep." msgstr "" msgctxt "4d069608bb083714b6fc62014d0cf339" msgid "" "In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and " "wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods." msgstr "" msgctxt "b5f58fb14845688c4f1593067c7fdd56" msgid "" "Once when the wind was soft and scented I heard the south calling, and " "sailed endlessly and languorously under strange stars." msgstr "" msgctxt "0633cffbb74ce276ae1ecdbdb0d8b0ae" msgid "" "Once when the gentle rain fell I glided in a barge down a sunless stream " "under the earth till I reached another world of purple twilight, iridescent " "arbours, and undying roses." msgstr "" msgctxt "a09a15fc73e6b846260341d8869700a0" msgid "" "And once I walked through a golden valley that led to shadowy groves and " "ruins, and ended in a mighty wall green with antique vines, and pierced by a " "little gate of bronze." msgstr "" msgctxt "0b8d9760002e2a35828a4c42c03f0a74" msgid "" "Many times I walked through that valley, and longer and longer would I pause " "in the spectral half-light where the giant trees squirmed and twisted " "grotesquely, and the grey ground stretched damply from trunk to trunk, " "sometimes disclosing the mould-stained stones of buried temples." msgstr "" msgctxt "1221d06502e41a2daef07d4d86013499" msgid "" "And always the goal of my fancies was the mighty vine-grown wall with the " "little gate of bronze therein." msgstr "" msgctxt "aed208452690081dd10ef10d9d8f5e41" msgid "" "After a while, as the days of waking became less and less bearable from " "their greyness and sameness, I would often drift in opiate peace through the " "valley and the shadowy groves, and wonder how I might seize them for my " "eternal dwelling-place, so that I need no more crawl back to a dull world " "stript of interest and new colours." msgstr "" msgctxt "f00fec167a0f0f17e5f5e557df75cb00" msgid "" "And as I looked upon the little gate in the mighty wall, I felt that beyond " "it lay a dream-country from which, once it was entered, there would be no " "return." msgstr "" msgctxt "01bf3bc06a014468c40f45af8963c00e" msgid "" "So each night in sleep I strove to find the hidden latch of the gate in the " "ivied antique wall, though it was exceedingly well hidden." msgstr "" msgctxt "c6e49bfde7cfdc99e89a172c99f32897" msgid "" "And I would tell myself that the realm beyond the wall was not more lasting " "merely, but more lovely and radiant as well." msgstr "" msgctxt "c03f78282644bf86cde31f20da7c5eb1" msgid "" "Then one night in the dream-city of Zakarion I found a yellowed papyrus " "filled with the thoughts of dream-sages who dwelt of old in that city, and " "who were too wise ever to be born in the waking world." msgstr "" msgctxt "aba6da0c0cb46f73e433b6320f1b7b0d" msgid "" "Therein were written many things concerning the world of dream, and among " "them was lore of a golden valley and a sacred grove with temples, and a high " "wall pierced by a little bronze gate." msgstr "" msgctxt "4ce77e3df2712dd94ceb3f1f9177b582" msgid "" "When I saw this lore, I knew that it touched on the scenes I had haunted, " "and I therefore read long in the yellowed papyrus." msgstr "" msgctxt "7042215a5818ba3bc4aea5b8eb61d78e" msgid "" "Some of the dream-sages wrote gorgeously of the wonders beyond the " "irrepassable gate, but others told of horror and disappointment." msgstr "" msgctxt "ae4f81b9a39d1e113b53ed22a29990f5" msgid "" "I knew not which to believe, yet longed more and more to cross forever into " "the unknown land; for doubt and secrecy are the lure of lures, and no new " "horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace." msgstr "" msgctxt "69bd1a5d10a48bbb68906fa3a52965dd" msgid "" "So when I learned of the drug which would unlock the gate and drive me " "through, I resolved to take it when next I awaked." msgstr "" msgctxt "31a4424808ea2d68d5a94ac5a3fbb6c0" msgid "" "Last night I swallowed the drug and floated dreamily into the golden valley " "and the shadowy groves; and when I came this time to the antique wall, I saw " "that the small gate of bronze was ajar." msgstr "" msgctxt "f510345311e0b51e356db86e8e1da5d7" msgid "" "From beyond came a glow that weirdly lit the giant twisted trees and the " "tops of the buried temples, and I drifted on songfully, expectant of the " "glories of the land from whence I should never return." msgstr "" msgctxt "2f15e01708919b8ba00826d955f5cafc" msgid "" "But as the gate swung wider and the sorcery of drug and dream pushed me " "through, I knew that all sights and glories were at an end; for in that new " "realm was neither land nor sea, but only the white void of unpeopled and " "illimitable space." msgstr "" msgctxt "f310074d168cb23f6cd8699684cb8b1d" msgid "" "So, happier than I had ever dared hoped to be, I dissolved again into that " "native infinity of crystal oblivion from which the daemon Life had called me " "for one brief and desolate hour." msgstr ""