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Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

On Living

On Living
I
Living is no laughing matter:
you must live with great seriousness
like a squirrel, for example--
I mean without looking for s…

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Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

Our Eyes

Our Eyes
Our eyes
are limpid
drops of water.
In each drop exists
a tiny sign
of our genius
which has given life to cold i…

372
Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

Last Will And Testament

Last Will And Testament
Comrades, if I don't live to see the day
-- I mean,if I die before freedom comes --
take me away
and bury me in a village…

337
Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

Letters From A Man In Solitary

Letters From A Man In Solitary

I carved your name on my watchband
with my fingernail.
Where I am, you know,
I don't have a pearl-handled …

361
Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

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…

353
Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

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…

361
Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

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…

410
Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

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…

314
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

These Divine Verses

These Divine Verses

These divine verses,
As I write
Are
The hallowed revelations
Descending
From on high
The soun…

334
Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet

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

375
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

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Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

307
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

346
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

318
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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 …

520
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

323
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

293
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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 …

246
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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 …

372
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

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Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib

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…

429
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou

When You Come

When You Come

When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.


Offering me, as …

160
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou

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…

183
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou

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…

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