:02:03
lt took a long time for the river to find
its bed and the stagnant water to flow.
:02:10
Valley of the primeval river.
One day, l still remember...
:02:16
the glacier melted
and the icebergs drifted to the north.
:02:20
A tree passed by, still green,
with an empty bird's nest.
:02:25
Only the fish had leapt
over a myriad of years.
:02:30
Then came the moment
when the bees drowned.
:02:33
Some time later,
the two stags fought on the bank.
:02:38
Then the flies and the antlers,
like branches, flowing down the river.
:02:44
All that ever grew again was grass...
:02:46
growing over the bodies of wild cats,
wild boar and buffaloes.
:02:51
One morning, out of the savannah,
its forehead smeared with grass...
:02:57
appeared the biped,
our image, so long awaited.
:03:01
And its first word was a shout.
:03:03
Was it ""ah"" or ""oh"",
or was it merely a groan?
:03:10
We were at last able to laugh,
for the first time.
:03:15
Through this man"s shout and that
of his followers, we learnt to speak.
:03:21
A long story.
:03:23
Sun, lightning, thunder in the sky...
:03:25
and below on earth,
the firesides, the leaps...
:03:29
the round dances,
the signs, the writing.
:03:34
Then one broke through the cycle
and ran straight ahead.
:03:39
As long as he ran straight ahead,
swerving sometimes perhaps from joy...
:03:46
he seemed free,
and again we could laugh with him.
:03:49
But then, suddenly, he ran zigzag,
and stones flew.
:03:58
With his flight began
the history of wars. lt is still going on.