Taj-Mahal Poem by Liza Sud
Taj-Mahal
I will not build a monument to harem,
and at the other women - I don't watch.
but every day I go to mausoleum,
and there with my beloved shade I talk.
It seems to me that I hear her answers.
as it is said by Sutras from Koran.
what for in this life do I have to suffer?
as if I killed someone.
Not long ago a Jew has come to Delhi
He taught me his religion for some days.
It is the truth: the Jews - are the most clever.
and I understood Allah and forgave!
Do not ask 'why' - 'what for? ' - this qustion's better. -
The Jew told me - only to see the light,
and to feel God and get with Him connected -
the meaning of all loss, purpose of life.
and that's when we give out the feeling,
give wish to the Creator, if He please, -
then we see light that was in sadness, hidden
in selfishness, ie, stupidity.
The way to the Light - to give all desires,
By qualities - you come to God more close.
and so I erected four minarets,
so that the Light could hold me when I fall!
then I found out that his grandpa Akbar let the Jews to build the first sinagogue in Deli.
then - that his contemporary poet - was the Armenian Jew who translated Torah in persian, and who was the teacher of one Sultan in India.
then - that the MINARET - means Light, the column of light (like Menora in hebrew) .
so my poetry turned out not to be just my fiction, but it could really be in history!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/9/2024 9:26:59 PM # 1.0.0.1119
This is a beautiful poem: it speaks eloquently from the depths of the human heart of Akbar's great love for this ONE woman. Rarely has any work of art equaled the Taj Mahal as an expression of a total love on one person. But since the Taj Mahal is a mosque which contains a tomb, it is also a fervent prayer of the soul for salvation. Since so many misguided Muslims have chosen violence chanting God Is Great, some moderate Muslims now proclaim, God Is Beautiful! Akbar is the opposite of the Shah in Arabian Nights who blames women for his sorrow. It's his selfish heart and weak soul that cause his sorrow. Right? ! If he'd practice ALTRUISM instead of revenge he too could proclaim, God Is Beautiful. And be saved.