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