Ahmad Shiddiqi Poems

(dedicated to Ms. Natalie Dessay, a great soprano)

you are jewelry of world
the purest nuance to peace
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new ideas
blue seas
silvery lakes
green forests
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(dedicated to Chelsie Rausch)

You have some new ideas in mind
Now is the time to put them into action
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(dedicated to Ms. Gaëlle Méchaly, a gifted soprano)

A story, though
Is far from fully told
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(dedicated to Sarwar Chowdhury)

Why cant’s we just live in harmony
And build a world full of peace and love?
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(dedicated to Ms. Martha Argerich, a gifted pianist)

evocative
cantabile
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(dedicated to Ms.Yuja Wang, a great pianist)

gracefully through
whites and blacks
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all these blank verses
she was about to voice
under aegis of love
O dear, look alive!
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it is like the rain
which send down from the sky
wealth are adornment of the life
children are souvenir of the love
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do they not think deeply
about themselves?
do they not travel
in the land?
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