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Naseer Ahmed Nasir (April 01,1954 / Pakistan)
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* Had Ocean Been My Confidant

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  Had ocean been my confidant
I'd have given it
All of my truths for safekeeping

Tales i would have written
Of seashells picking girls on beaches
Whose golden bodies were
Like isles of dreamland
But whose fates were
Like lines drawn in sand.

Had ocean been my confidant
I'd have given it
All my loneliness
I'd have walked with the wind
Clasping its finger in my fist
On distant paths
From whence no one comes back!

Had ocean been my confidant
I'd have given it all my depths
Stepping into its limitless
Blue bosom
I'd have made earth into my bark
Sky into my sails
I'd have made the woeful moment
Of separation
A connecting link between you and me.

Had ocean been my confidant!

(Translated from the original Urdu by Satyapal Anand)

Naseer Ahmed Nasir


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  Lilac Wine  (11/14/2009 4:27:00 AM)

If only.....

this is such a beautiful poem..im so glad that u have bought it to our attention...thank u for sharing..i so wanted to choose just one line..one stanza...but i couldnt..its so bautifully encapsulated in something that words cannot express...i cant touch it..

love lilac
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  Lillian Thomas  (9/1/2009 2:05:00 PM)

this is so beautiful, very good imagery. It literally sings in English, I can't imagine how beautiful it must be in Urdu. Thank you or sharing this poem. And kudos to your translator.
  Onelia Avelar  (8/8/2009 2:09:00 PM)

Beautiful pacifying poem...
  Sonya Florentino  (8/4/2009 9:54:00 PM)

but surely Naseer, poetry can be your confidant? has it not? i'm sure you have ones that are for you to read only....
  Naomi Redfield  (7/3/2009 11:28:00 PM)

its good peom but dont gave up the world is full with good people and we always meet them. Thats life. but i loved the peom.
  Shashendra Amalshan  (6/28/2009 8:20:00 PM)

yeah... Naseer, i m running out of close friends too. every one need close confidant... and i wish i can some one as beautiful as soothing as ocean.. this is a beautiful write indeed., very touching too...10 +++well deserved

with love shashendra
  Mamta Agarwal  (6/25/2009 11:16:00 AM)

had ocean been my confidant... after reading it several times, i feel we are all lonely at heart, and hope to have one soulmate- a confidant in whom we could pour out all our secret desires, longings, and above all just be a silent witness to our lives without judgement.
Naseer, this is the finest poem I have read in a long time.

Regards

Mamta
  Janet K. Rauch  (4/22/2009 2:54:00 PM)

This flows like a beautiful love letter... and like the ocean, its meaning keeps going deeper and deeper, so many possibilities for each reader to interpret the soul stirrings expressed here. Thanks for sharing your gift.
Peace, Janet
  Lilac Wine  (2/15/2009 2:25:00 PM)

'I'd have gven it all my loneliness...' I wish it were possible to just give away that feeling of loneliness..alas its not possible...a beautiful poem...i really enjoyed reading.

thanks for sharing
love lilac
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