Silet
Silet - meaning Summary
Enough: Acceptance Over Fixing
The poem meditates on poetic creation and the limits of control. The speaker contrasts the permanence of written ink with changing time, questions the need for formal artifice, and insists that a single shared moment between people is sufficient. Repetition emphasizes acceptance rather than attempting to preserve or legislate the past. The closing lines reject bequeathing a fixed testament to future readers, favoring present experience over archival intent.
Read Complete AnalysesWhen I behold how black, immortal ink Drips from my deathless pen - ah, well-away! Why should we stop at all for what I think? There is enough in what I chance to say. It is enough that we once came together; What is the use of setting it to rime? When it is autumn do we get spring weather, Or gather may of harsh northwindish time? It is enough that we once came together; What if the wind have turned against the rain? It is enough that we once came together; Time has seen this, and will not turn again; And who are we, who know that last intent, To plague to-morrow with a testament!
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