Babilon Ta Fāɗi

Gustave Doré · 1866 (designs for La Sainte Bible, Tours); this printing 1873–1874
Ɗakin Karatu na Ƙasar Poland, Warsaw

H. Pisan, wanda sunansa yake a ƙasa daga dama, ya sassaƙa wannan wurin dare domin Littafi Mai Tsarki na 1866. Ba ya nuna mutum ko ɗaya, sai rusasshen birni ƙarƙashin wata.

Karyayyun matakala da faɗaɗɗun duwatsu sun cika gaba. Kewaye da su ginshiƙai masu kawunan furen lotus na Masarawa, manyan giwaye a kan dogayen ginshiƙai, da sifinkis masu fikafikai a kan kariyar matakala suna tashi. Tsuntsaye suna kewayawa cikin hasken wata, wani dila yana kai da kawowa cikin duwatsu, wata namun jeji kuma tana kuka a kan wani dakali a dama. Wata yana haskakawa ta cikin gajimare masu yayyage.

Daga rubutun

“Ta fāɗi! Babilon Mai Girma ta fāɗi” (Ru’uya ta Yohanna 18:2)

“Ta zama gidan aljanu da kuma wurin zaman kowace irin mugun ruhu, wurin zaman kowane irin tsuntsu marar tsabta da mai banƙyama” (Ru’uya ta Yohanna 18:2)

Na mai zanen kansa

Gine-ginen ƙasashe da yawa a gauraye: ginshiƙan Masarawa, sifinkis masu fikafikai da giwaye masu kama da na Indiya

Dare da hasken wata bisa kufai marasa kowa

Namun jeji da tsuntsaye a madadin halittu “marasa tsabta” na ayar

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Watan

Yana haskakawa ta cikin gajimare masu yayyage bisa kufan.

Giwayen dutse

Manyan giwaye suna tsaye a kan dogayen ginshiƙai.

Sifinkis mai fikafikai

Wani sifinkis mai fikafikai yana tsugunne a kan kariyar matakala.

Dabba mai kuka

Wata namun jeji ta ɗaga kanta tana kuka a kan dakali.

Gustave Doré, French, 1832–1883. National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa), Warsaw — «Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu», vol. 2, Warsaw: M. Glücksberg, 1874 (acc. 75.267 A) · Wood engraving after Gustave Doré’s design · National Library of Poland (Polona): the record of the volume gives the licence «Domena Publiczna» (Public Domain), «copyrightProtected»: false; the scan was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by the library itself («Polona Upload», GLAM-Wiki partnership: “This file was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of a GLAM-Wiki partnership between the National Library of Poland and Wikimedia Polska”), linking its Polona record.