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+ | The '''Song of Listing''' is one of songs detailing the oral history of the [[listener]]s. It recounts many of the various forms that listeners may take. |
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− | The '''Song of Listing''' is one of the songs detailing the oral history of the [[listener]]s on [[Roshar]]. It recounts many of the [[Singer#Common_Forms|common forms]] that listeners were once able to take. It is not known to mention any of the "forms of power" granted by bonding a [[Voidspren]], which are covered by other songs such as the [[Song of Secrets]]. The song has at least 91 stanzas, and [[Eshonai]] notes that the old songs recount "hundreds" of forms.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}} |
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− | The Song of Listing was presumably written by the [[Listener#The_Last_Legion_and_Abandoning_of_the_Gods|Last Legion]] to ensure that they remembered these forms, as they were only able to use dullform and mateform after they abandoned their gods.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} |
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− | Around {{Rosharan date|1166}}, a young Eshonai had not learned the song. [[Jaxlim]] had trouble reciting it due to her increasing problems with memory loss, and [[Venli]] tried to help her remember.{{book ref|sa4|52}} |
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− | By the time of the [[War of Reckoning]], the Listeners had rediscovered nimbleform, warform, and workform after generations of research.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}{{book ref|sa3|i|7}} Scholars continued to research the secrets to unlocking other forms known from the song such as artform and mediationform.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} With the advent of the [[True Desolation]], the listeners regained access to forms that had been abandoned. The [[singers]] who had previously been enslaved as the parsh were given at least a dozen options of forms after they were freed, and use various forms including artform and scholarform.{{book ref|sa3|i|7}} |
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== Excerpts == |
== Excerpts == |
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− | {{quote|Mateform meek, for love to share,<br |
+ | {{quote|Mateform meek, for love to share,<br> |
− | + | Given to life, it brings us joy.<br> |
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− | + | To find this form, one must care.<br> |
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− | + | True empathy, one must employ. |
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+ | |5th stanza{{ref|b|sa2|e|14}}}} |
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+ | Claimed by the gods, given to kill.<br> |
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− | + | Unknown, unseen, but vital to gain.<br> |
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− | -->Unknown, unseen, but vital to gain.<br/><!-- |
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− | {{quote|Workform worn for strength and care.<br |
+ | {{quote|Workform worn for strength and care.<br> |
− | + | Whispering spren breathe at your ear.<br> |
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− | + | Seek first this form, its mysteries to bear.<br> |
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− | + | Found here is freedom from fear. |
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− | |19th stanza{{ |
+ | |19th stanza{{ref|b|sa2|e|15}}}} |
− | {{quote|Nimbleform has a delicate touch.<br |
+ | {{quote|Nimbleform has a delicate touch.<br> |
− | + | Gave the gods this form to many,<br> |
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− | + | Tho' once defied, by the gods they were crushed.<br> |
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− | + | This form craves precision and plenty. |
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− | |27th stanza{{ |
+ | |27th stanza{{ref|b|sa2|e|16}}}} |
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+ | {{quote|Meditationform made for peace, it's said.<br> |
− | + | Form of teaching and consolation.<br> |
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− | + | When used by the gods, it became instead<br> |
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− | + | From of lies and desolation. |
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− | |33rd stanza{{ |
+ | |33rd stanza{{ref|b|sa2|e|21}}}} |
− | {{quote|Scholarform shown for patience and thought.<br |
+ | {{quote|Scholarform shown for patience and thought.<br> |
− | + | Beware its ambitions innate.<br> |
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− | + | Though study and diligence bring the reward,<br> |
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− | + | Loss of innocence may be one's fate. |
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− | |69th stanza{{ |
+ | |69th stanza{{ref|b|sa2|e|18}}}} |
− | {{quote|Artform applied for beauty and hue.<br |
+ | {{quote|Artform applied for beauty and hue.<br> |
− | + | One yearns for the songs it creates.<br> |
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− | + | Most misunderstood by the artist it's true,<br> |
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− | + | Come the spren to foundation's fates. |
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− | |90th stanza{{ |
+ | |90th stanza{{ref|b|sa2|e|20}}}} |
− | {{quote|Dullform dread, with the mind most lost.<br |
+ | {{quote|Dullform dread, with the mind most lost.<br> |
− | + | The lowest, and one not bright.<br> |
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− | + | To find this form, one needs banish cost.<br> |
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− | + | It finds you and brings you to blight. |
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− | |final stanza{{ |
+ | |final stanza{{ref|b|sa2|e|17}}}} |
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+ | {{good}} |
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