Valley Of Heart Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

(dedicated to Vitaly Pisarenko)

do I whisper you
in the edge
of this craziness
craziness of my fragile mind?

do I feel you
in the corner
of this loneliness
loneliness of my blurry sense?

do I grasp you
in the middle
of this emptiness
emptiness of my anguish soul?

do I touch you
in the bottom
of this sadness
sadness of my innocence youth?

you’ve already blacked me
with your bright love
throw me into the valley
valley of dark heart

you’ve already freeze me
with your flame love
push me into the valley
valley of frozen heart

you’ve already hurt me
with your heal love
drown me into the valley
valley of broken heart

you’ve already poisoned me
with your honey love
pull me into the valley
valley of poisonous heart

cure me
with your wise
of valley of heart
valley of coolness

kind to me
with your love
of valley of heart
valley of happiness

warm me
with your care
of valley of heart
valley of tenderness

guide me
with your advice
of valley of heart
valley of togetherness

fly me
into deep
divine valley
of unrivaled joy

join me
into deep
bizarre valley
of eternal beauty

carry me
into deep
unknown valley
of immortal happy

drown me
into deep
mysterious valley
of unsurpassed glory

(inspired by Franz Liszt’s Vallee d’Obermann)