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The following is from the book
SPECIMENS OF BUSHMAN FOLKLORE
BY W. H. I. BLEEK AND L. C. LLOYD
[1911]
THE SONG OF THE CAAMA FOX.
Crosser of the Spoor, Crosser of the Spoor,[1]
Crosser of the Spoor, Crosser of the Spoor!
[1. The Caama Fox is called "Crosser of the Spoor",
because it avoids the dog nicely when the dog
chases it, and, turning suddenly, runs back,
crossing the dog's spoor (behind it), while the
dog is racing on in front, thinking to catch
the Caama Fox by so doing.]
Cross the Caama Fox's spoor,
Cross the Caama Fox's spoor![1]
Cross the Caama Fox's spoor,
Cross the Caama Fox's spoor!
[1. It sings that the dog appears to think
that he will kill it; but the dog will not
kill it; for it is the one who crosses the
spoor of (another) Caamaa Fox. It is the one
which that dog will not kill; for the dog is
the one who will nearly(?) die of fatigue, when
it (the Caama Fox) has gone to lie peacefully
in the shade; while it does not feel tired;
while the dog painfully goes back to his master.]

My Comments:
This can be seen as a meditative teaching. IE: The Inner
Chatterer is always chasing after desires. The meditator
ignores its running around and goes within to
the place where IT "lie peacefully in the shade" and
witnesses the activity and is untouched by it. "Spoor"
are the remains that the body/mind has no
need of and will soil and contaminate if contained.
Cross your minds spoor and don't get involved with it.
There are surely many other ways to interpret this
song, and meditating on its message has the potential
to let us master the dog chasing us.





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The following is from the book SPECIMENS OF BUSHMAN FOLKLORE BY W. H. I. BLEEK AND L. C. LLOYD [1911] THE SONG OF THE CAAMA FOX. Crosser of the Spoor, Crosser...
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