{"id":2401,"date":"2011-01-19T23:28:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T07:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2011-01-19T23:29:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T07:29:07","slug":"pangur-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/2011\/01\/19\/pangur-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangur Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family watched The Secret of Kells a couple nights ago, by recommendation of The Mockingbird Blog<\/a>. Wow. The animation was really dazzling. Interesting story too. Not the usual fare. One of the best scenes is where Aisling the forest spirit helps the cat Pangur Ban sneak into the tower and steal a key to allow our hero to escape. It turns out that Pangur Ban is the name of a real cat and a poem written by an Irish monk in the 9th century, the same time the story is set. Various people have come up with translations. Here is the one the filmmakers probably had in mind.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I and Pangur Ban my cat,
\nTis a like task we are at:
\nHunting mice is his delight,
\nHunting words I sit all night.<\/p>\n

Better far than praise of men
\nTis to sit with book and pen;
\nPangur bears me no ill will,
\nHe too plies his simple skill.<\/p>\n

Tis a merry thing to see
\nAt our tasks how glad are we,
\nWhen at home we sit and find
\nEntertainment to our mind.<\/p>\n

Oftentimes a mouse will stray
\nIn the hero Pangur’s way;
\nOftentimes my keen thought set
\nTakes a meaning in its net.<\/p>\n

‘Gainst the wall he sets his eye
\nFull and fierce and sharp and sly;
\n‘Gainst the wall of knowledge I
\nAll my little wisdom try.<\/p>\n

When a mouse darts from its den
\nO how glad is Pangur then!
\nO what gladness do I prove
\nWhen I solve the doubts I love!<\/p>\n

So in peace our tasks we ply,
\nPangur Ban, my cat, and I;
\nIn our arts we find our bliss,
\nI have mine and he has his.<\/p>\n

Practice every day has made
\nPangur perfect in his trade;
\nI get wisdom day and night
\nTurning darkness into light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The family watched The Secret of Kells a couple nights ago, by recommendation of The Mockingbird Blog. Wow. The animation was really dazzling. Interesting story too. Not the usual fare. One of the best scenes is where Aisling the forest spirit helps the cat Pangur Ban sneak into the tower and steal a key to … <\/p>\n

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