Ahmad Shiddiqi Poems

hey girl! shiver pleasure
O a livable life!
drift ashore
a love
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When I look at other person
I try discover the kind side
I want them better than me
When they hurt me
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a piece of flesh
in the body
if it becomes good
the whole body becomes good
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at dawn, some cantabile verses
which adorn magical effects
as droplets of water-pearls
kissing solemn meadows
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moon so sparkle
hovers over sea
moving through
so clear and blue
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(dedicated to Mr. Louis Lortie, a great pianist)

at dawns
mornings
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humans are creatures
who think that they are
on the side of justice
if their own interest
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nearly two-thirds of the night
for the death from which you flee
belongs whatever is in the heavens
and whatever is on the earth
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no prayer this dream wherewith your love was chilled
while through your spirit the innocent question thrilled
in Gerbera daisy they have heard angels speak
hardest to harder when Destiny's pulleys creak
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(dedicated to Ms. Magdalena Kožená, a great mezzo-soprano)

listen to bees' playing
listen to rains' pouring
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