Scherzo Con Brio Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

(dedicated to Ms. Nobuko Imai, a great Japanese classical violist)

silken gown of night
leap out from cascade
ponder into turbulent heart
why are all souls opening wide?

upside down of life
reflect so vividly in the eye
hold tight upon afar miserable
why are all spirits descending into me?

rapidly their hopes are vanished
sometimes the wave are very hard
pull them in prison of wild adventures
why are all loves circling without warnings?

(inspired by Katsushika Hokusai 's Travellers Crossing the Oi River)