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Letters from Norviliskiu Castle in Lithuania  

Vinecentas Sakas

letter 1

E-Mail: vincentas.sakas@takas.lt

 

I am including a photo of Norviliskius Castle before restoration because I don't have a more recent one.  Today the castle looks very impressive on its hilltop.  I live on the first floor of one of the castle turrets.  Views from the castle are fantastic.

 

 

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Laiðkai ið  Norviliðkiø pilies Lietuvoje  

Vinecentas Sakas

1 laiðkas

El.paðtas: vincentas.sakas@takas.lt

 

(ádedu Norviliðkiø pilies nuotraukà iki restauracijos, nes naujos neturiu. Dabar pilis atrodo tikrai áspûdingai ant didþiulio kalno. Að gyvenu deðiniajame bokðte, pirmame aukðte, - medelis kaip tik uþstoja mano langus – ðaudymo angas. Vaizdai ið pilies tiesiog fantastiðki, - matosi net penki horizontai, o pagal peizaþo vertæ trys matomi horizontai yra pats aukðèiausias vietovës vertës balas)

 

Norviliðkëse jau gerokai atðilo, ðiandien buvo tik trisdeðimts laipsniø. Virëjos ateina du kilometrus su sustirusiais kailiniais. O man gerai - dienà aðtuoniolika, o vakare pasiðildau iki dvideðimties. Miegu maþai, daþniausiai keliuosi treèià ir einu prie kompiuterio, - turiu daug skaièiavimø ir raðymø, be to dar raðau ir savo darbus. Ádëmiai studijuoju senus rankraðèius, nes dabar yra lengvai prieinami, juolab, kad èia turiu ypatingai gerà vertimo programà.

Miegoti einu prieð dvylika. Pilyje klajoja dvi baltos bûtybës: didesnë ir maþesnë, bet manæs jos neskriaudþia.

 Man èia pirmoji naktis buvo nejauki, mat gyvenu bokðte, kuris yra be durø, tai pirmà naktá prabudau nuo to (buvo tamsu, nes buvau uþgesinæs ðviesà, ir staigiai pajutau, kad kaþkas labai ðaltas stumia mane, lyg norëtø uþdëti ðiurkðèià ðaltà kaþkodël tai kartoninæ dëþæ ir joje mane iðneðti. Labai raiðkiai pajutau svetimus prisilietimus ir paskui lyg þiûrëjimà ið toliau kà að darysiu, - gal iðsigàsiu ir pulsiu panikuoti... Bet að sukalbëjau poterius, nejaukumas dingo, nusisukau á sienà ir ramiai uþmigau...

Kità naktá po dvylikos (vël buvau uþgesinæs ðviesà), kai atsiguliau miegoti, pro bokðto arkos-angos ðonus lyg kaþkas balkðvai blausaus á mane þvalgësi (labai panaðu á debesá), bet ákiðdavo tik ið kontûrø  panaðias á þmones galvas: viena aukðèiau, kita þemiau, matyt vëlë mergaitë. Ji buvo smalsesnë, tai jos galvytë daugiau matësi, bet tokia kaip baltame rûke, su tamsesnëmis duobëmis akiø vietoje... Ai, nutariau, tegu þiûri, o gal tik að taip ásivaizduoju, o jei ðioms vëlëms jau taip ádomu, að gi nieko blogo nedarau, juolab ir joms neþadu kà nors daryti, dar sukalbëjau poterius ir vël ramiai uþmigau...

Taèiau kità rytà paëmiau nuo apðildymo likusá parolono su folija rulonà ir vyrø papraðiau, kad man jie prikaltø virð arkos tà parolonà, - bus kaip durys. Bet nuo tø keistokø nutikimø visà laikà miegu prie ðviesos. Kai darbininkams papasakojau apie naktinius nutikimus, tai jie á mane þiûrëjo kaip pritrenkti, sakë, kad tas vëles dar jø seneliai þinojo ir visi aplinkiniai jø bijojo, o man, kai pasakiau, kad gyvensiu pilyje vienas, neiðdráso net prasitarti ir kiekvienà rytà, ateidami á darbà aptardavo ar dar rasià mane gyvà. Vietiniai sako, kad tai yra mamos ir dukters dvasios, lyg tai nuþudytos ir klaidþiojanèios nerasdamos vietos...Jie daþnai jas naktimis matydavo ir apie pilá, jie taip pat teigia, kad jos yra ramios, bet visi stebisi mano dràsa, - patys jie uþ jokius pinigus niekados neiðdrástø pilyje pasilikti nakèiai, juolab vieni.

Dabar viskas normalizavosi, matyt vëlës ásitikino,kad að èia tikrai gyvensiu ir manæs jau nebetrukdo, be to miegu prie uþdegtos ðviesos, matyt, tada joms nepatogu pas mane uþeiti.

Treèià naktá, uþsimanæs á tualetà, einu per tamsià menæ ir matau, kad du, didesnis ir maþesnis þmogaus formos balkðvi debesëliai sëdi ant këdþiø salës kertëje, bet apaèioje kojø nematyti, lyg jø nebûtø, lyg bûtø iðtirpusios... Didþioji sëdi ramiai, o maþoji vëlelë lyg ranka moja, na, tai ir að joms pamojavau ir einu savo reikalais. Kai gráþau ið tualeto, jø jau nebuvo...

Ketvirtà naktá prieð einat gulti(jau buvo po dvylikos) iðgirdau, kad kitame pilies gale, kur yra árengta virtuvë, kaþkas trankosi. Pamaniau, kad gal ûkvedys bus atvaþiavæs. Nuëjau paþiûrëti kà jis veikia, bet nieko neradau, tada apvaikðèiojau visà pilá, uþlipau á palëpæ, nusileidau á rûsá vis paðaukdamas „Ar yra èia kas?“, bet niekas neatsiliepë ir nieko nemaèiau... Virtuvëje buvo kiek pastumdyti daiktai ir kaþkodël tai ant prausyklës uþdëta ðiukðliø dëþë, nors dar vakare ji buvo ant grindø. Puikiai prisimenu, nes á jà meèiau nuorûkas...

Pilyje nei peliø, nei þiurkiø nëra, iðskyrus maþytæ zylutæ. Ji áskrenda pro ventiliacinæ angà dienà ir laksto po visus aukðtus, kadangi niekur nëra durø. Labai gudri paukðtytë, - ji lesa visokius vabaliukus, kuriø èia, kai ðildoma, yra daug: musiø, uodø, maðalø, boruþiø. Kai að sëdþiu prie kompiuterio, ji dràsiai áskrenda, nulesioja nuo langø visus vabzdelius, pakramsnoja þvakes, atsigeria vandenëlio ið mano pastatytos peleninës, paskui atsitupia ant mano skrybëlës, kabanèios ant kabyklos ir þvalgosi á palubæ, kur á lempos ðviesà atskrenda leisgyvës musës. Tada ji staigiai purpteli ir èiumpa skanø kàsnelá... Su ðia zylute tiesiog susidraugavome, nes kai að áeinu pro arkà, ji jau nebepuola blaðkytis, o ramiai þvalgosi kà að darysiu. Kai atsisëdu prie kompiuterio ir ájungiu muzikà, ji priskrenda, atsitupia tiesiai man prieð nosá ir dairosi ar nëra kokio vabzdelio. Tada að papuèiu á jà ir ji sau nuskrenda. Bjaurybikë, jau tris kartus man apkakojo skrybëlæ. Ir kai ûkvedys Janas atveþë spintà, skrybëlæ padëjau á jà.

 

El.paðtas: vincentas.sakas@takas.lt


(Lithuanian Text)

 

In Norviliskius, it has warmed up, and today it was only -30C.  The cooks walks 2 kilometers to work and their coats are frozen stiff by the time they get here.  I don't sleep a lot.  Very often I get up at 3:00 AM and sit at my computer because I have to do my accounting and writing.  I study ancient books, some of them hand-written.

 

I go to sleep before midnight.  In the castle I see two while apparitions, one smaller, the other larger.  They never hurt me.  My first night here wan not very comfortable because my room had no door.  It was dark and I felt like something very cold pushed against me.  I clearly felt a strange touch and I wondered if I would panic, but I prayed and after the uncomfortable feeling left me, I turned to the wall and calmly fell asleep.  

 

The next night after midnight, after I had turned off the light, I felt something looking at me.  I looked up and saw something like a cloud with two heads.  I thought it was a spirit of a dead girl.  I thought I would let them look.  Maybe I was only imagining.  I wasn't planning to hurt them.  I prayed and again calmly fell asleep.  

 

The next morning I took a piece of scrap insulation and asked a workman to nail it over the empty doorway.  After these strange events, I always sleep with the light on.  When I mentioned my adventures to the workers, the looked at me in shock.  They told me that they had heard stories about these spirits from their grandparents and that everybody was afraid of them.  When the workers had heard that I was planning to live in the castle by myself, they had not been brave enough to tell me about them.  Every morning going to work, they discussed whether or not they would find me alive.  According to the legend these were the souls of a  mother and daughter who had been killed and were wandering around without a place to stay.  They claimed to have seen them many times.  Local legend say they are harmless, but the workers said they were impressed by my courage.  They wouldn't stay here for all the money in the world.

 

Now everything has become normal.  Maybe the spirits have determined that I will really live here and they don't bother me anymore.  I sleep with a light on, and maybe it is not comfortable for them to come in.  

 

On the third night, when I went to the toilet, I passed the darkened Great Hall and saw two colorless clouds sitting on chairs in a corner of the hall.  The big one sat still and the small one waved to me.  I waved back and went where I needed to go.  On my way back, I didn't see anything.

 

The fourth night before I went to bed, after midnight, I heard from the other side of the castle, near the kitchen, something banging.  I thought that the supervisor had come in without my knowledge.  I went over to see what he was doing, but didn't find anybody.   After that I searched the whole castle from the attic to the basement, calling "Is anybody here?"  Nobody answered.  In the kitchen I found some things disturbed and a trash can upside down in the sink.  I remembered very well that it had been on the floor because I had thrown out my cigarette butts there.

 

There are no mice or rats in the castle, only one little titmouse.  She flies in through the ventilation duct during the day and flies through the whole castle because there ate no doors.  It is a very smart birdie.  She eats all kinds of bugs, that have become active because of the heat in the castle.  When I am sitting at my computer, she very bravely flies in, eats the bugs from the windows, pecks my candles, drinks water that I put in the ashtray for her, then sits on my hat on the coat rack and look at the ceiling where flies are attracted to the lamplight.  Suddenly she moves and catches one.  I have become friends with this titmouse, and now when I am coming in through the arch, she doesn't panic, just calmly worners what I will do.  When I sit at the computer and turn on my music, she flies very close to my face.  I blow at her and she flies away.

 

This scoundrel has already pooped three times on my hat.  When Janas, the supervisor, brought me a wardrobe, the first thing I did was put my hat in it.

 

 

 

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