Parable

The poem opens a beautiful, A poetic picture of the creation of the world. The type of structural axis of this image is references to the descriptions of the creation of the world contained in the Bible, Her Book of Genesis. But, It is worth remembering, that Baczyński's attitude towards religion was not unambiguous, From certain religious categories, the poet has often made elements very individual, poetic language, He interpreted them freely.

General Book (Genesis) from the Bible presents a description of the creation of the world (This issue is referred to as cosmogony), The beginning of the Nation of Israel, human history, the history of patriarchs. Is divided into two main parts: describing the world in front of the Flood and about the ancestors of Israel. According to Genesis, God (issuing a series of commands) He created the world in seven days – Earlier there was only emptiness and darkness. First, heaven and earth were created, The Creator separating the light from the dark, He did day and night. Later, the sea was created, Plants on earth. The fourth day of the creation was awarded the seasons, God created the sun and the moon, fifth – sea ​​organisms and birds. The sixth day was the beginning of the existence of land animals. Then God called, in your picture, people: male and woman, which he gave the whole land with Flora and Fauna. It was the last creative act. On the seventh day the creator was resting.

In the Book of Genesis we will find two slightly different messages talking about the beginning of the world – of course, Both should be treated metaphorically, not literally. The creation of both texts is divided by a period of about four hundred years. First record, derived from the so -called. priestly tradition, He puts an accent to create a man, built in the image and likeness of the Creator, whose man God gave the whole earth to the reign. Yahwista, author of the second relationship, he wrote more ambiguously, At the same time, he emphasized the physical work of God in the creation of man. God made the dust out of the gunpowder of the earth. He gave him free will, But he forbidden, Thinking about him well, eating fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

This free will will cause people's defeat. God intended to live with them in love, The woman and the man were not to know evil, suffering, death. The break of fruit initiated the fall, The world has been contaminated by evil, Man launched a spiral of violence, sin. Cain crime took place, Flood as a punishment for the sins of all humanity, Sodom. God only saved individuals: Noah, Lota. At the same time, to save people, He chose the father of the nation – Abraham.

The aforementioned image was built of conventional elements, well known not only in religious tradition, but also literary. Baczyński could perfectly refresh these elements, embed them in revealing contexts, build, great metaphors, np. animals mature drops, Kora is moving life.

Smiling God (His image is definitely different from popular imaginations, Especially those, which have been inscribed in religious practices, which Baczyński generally never accepted) From this poem he created the world and life on it. Beautiful world, sunny:

And the singing of the quietest of the birds turns into a soft cloud
And then clouds are created to the ground and stars similar.
So it is a source
And then the waves are colored in the color of a mature berry.