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Don Quixote
Don Quixote
The knight of immortal youth
at the age of fifty found his mind in his heart
and on July morning went out to capture
the right, the b…
Hymn To Life
Hymn To Life
The hair falling on your forehead
suddenly lifted.
Suddenly something stirred on the ground.
The trees are whispering
in the…
A Spring Piece Left In The Middle
A Spring Piece Left In The Middle
Taut, thick fingers punch
the teeth of my typewriter.
Three words are down on paper
in capitals:
SPRING…
Angina Pectoris
Angina Pectoris
If half my heart is here, doctor,
the other half is in China
with the army flowing
toward the Yellow River.
And, every mo…
A Sad State Of Freedom
A Sad State Of Freedom
You waste the attention of your eyes,
the glittering labour of your hands,
and knead the dough enough for dozens of loaves
…
These Divine Verses
These Divine Verses
These divine verses,
As I write
Are
The hallowed revelations
Descending
From on high
The soun…
The dropp dies in the river
The dropp dies in the river
The dropp dies in the riverof its joy
Pain goes so far it cures itself
In the spring after the heavy rain the…
Pain did not become grateful to medicine
Pain did not become grateful to medicine
Pain did not become grateful to medicine
I didn't get well; [but it] wasn't bad either
W…
Let the ascetics sing of the garden of Paradise --
Let the ascetics sing of the garden of Paradise --
Let the ascetics sing of the garden of Paradise --
We who dwell in the true ecstasy can forget their vas…
No Hope
No Hope
I am left with no hope at all,
No possibility to reach my goal,
The Day of my death is fixed,
I am so very anxiou…
In Her Every Indication
In Her Every Indication
Although in her every indication, the aim is something else
If she shows her affection(with me) , then different suspicion arises…
It is not Love it is Madness
It is not Love it is Madness
(You say) It is not love, it is madness
My madness may be the cause of your fame
Sever not my relationship with you …
He was, when it was aught
He was, when it was aught
He was, when it was aught
He would still be, even if it might have been naught
Drowned I am in my ego
What woul…
I have seen almost all the possible Troubles in my life
I have seen almost all the possible Troubles in my life
I have seen almost all the possible Troubles in my life,
The last one that I have to face is the …
About My Poems
About My Poems
I agree, O heart, that my ghazals are not easy to take in.
When they hear my works, experienced poets
tell meI sho…
Ghazal
Ghazal
I wish to go and dwell,
In such a place,
Where there's no one else.
No one to understand my speech,
No one around …
A Thousand Desires
A Thousand Desires
Thousands of desires, each worth dying for...
Many of them I have realized...yet I yearn for more...
Why shoul…
When You Come
When You Come
When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.
Offering me, as …
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy t…
The Rock Cries Out to Us Today
The Rock Cries Out to Us Today
A Rock, A River, A Tree
Hosts to species long since departed,
Mark the mastodon.
The dinosaur, who left dr…
Still I Rise
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll…
The Lesson
The Lesson
I keep on dying again.
Veins collapse, opening like the
Small fists of sleeping
Children.
Memory of old tombs,
…
Refusal
Refusal
Beloved,
In what other lives or lands
Have I known your lips
Your Hands
Your Laughter brave
Irreverent. <…
Passing Time
Passing Time
Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk
One paints the beginning
of a certain end.
The other, the end of …