Creation of Human Beings Songtext

von Philip Glass

The dawn has approached
Preparations have been made
And the morning has come
For the provider, the nurturer
Born in the light
Begotten in the light

Morning has come for humankind
For the people of the face of the earth

The Creators went on thinking in the darkness, in the night
As they searched and they sifted
They thought and they wondered
And here their thoughts came out in clear light
They sought and discovered what was needed for human flesh

The yellow corn
The white corn
From the Split Place
From the Bitter Water Place

The corn became the human flesh
The water became the human blood
The making, the modeling of our first mother-father
This was done by the Bearer, Begetter
Sovereign Plumed Serpent

- The Popul Vuh

Surely We created man of clay
Of molded mud
And before man, We created the jinn
Of fire flaming.
And your Lord said to the angels,
"See, I am creating a mortal of clay
Of molded mud.

When I have shaped him, and breathed My spirit in him, fall down,
And bow before him!"
Then the angels bowed save Iblis; God said, "What ails you, Iblis, that
You are not among those bowing?"

Said he, "I would never bow
Before a mortal
Whom You have created of a clay
Of molded mud."

Said He,
"Then go forth from here;
You are accursed.
Upon you shall rest My curse, till
The Day of Doom."

Said Iblis, "My Lord, respite me til the day
They shall be raised."

Said He, "You are among those
That are respited unto the day
Of a known time."

Said he, "My Lord, since you have seduced me
I shall tempt mankind on earth."

- The Qur'an 15: 26-37