Welcome To All Poetic Phrases Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi
Welcome To All Poetic Phrases
O Federico García Lorca! O Alessandro Manzoni!
Welcome to the victorious month
Month for all heroes
Heroes of the word
O! Stéphane Mallarmé! O Charles Baudelaire!
Welcome to the melodious month
Month for all rhymes
Rhymes of the love
O Hermann Hesse! O Friedrich von Schiller!
Welcome to the glorious month
Month for all poets
Poets of the heart
O Alexander Pushkin! O Boris Pasternak!
Welcome to the vigorous month
Month for all narrators
Narrators of the soul
O James Joyce! O William Butler Yeats!
Welcome to the mysterious month
Month for all announcers
Announcers of the freedom
O Omar Khayyam! O Jalaluddin Rumi!
Welcome to the tremendous month
Month for all troubadours
Troubadours of the sentence
O Walt Whitman! O Emily Dickinson!
Welcome to the amorous moth
Month for all storytellers
Storytellers of the spirit
O Oscar Wilde! O Geoffrey Chaucer!
Welcome to the gorgeous month
Month for all spokesmen
Spokesmen of the dream
O Humayun Kabir! O Chandidas!
Welcome to the marvelous month
Month for all dancers
Dancers of the hope
O Matsuo Basho! O Hwang Jini!
Welcome to the wondrous month
Month for all singers
Singers of the feeling
Come, ye friends of art
Come, ye families of culture
Decorate the sea, the sky
With your magical poems
Come, ye brothers of art
Come, ye sisters of culture
Decorate the river, the star
With your sparkling verses
Come, ye sons of art
Come, ye daughters of culture
Decorate the air, the water
With your charming voices
Come, ye fans of art
Come, ye guards of culture
Decorate the land, the mountain
With your enchanting words
Welcome to the joyous fountain
Fountain of pleasures, of garland
Welcome to the harmonious garden
Garden of lovers, of tuneful verses
Draw you inner beauties!
Into simple words
Read your poems!
Throughout heavens
Write your heart!
Into humble lines
Read your poems!
Throughout space
Let’s celebrate!
Let’s take a time!
When love vibrate
And our life decorate
Let’s join the party!
Let all pleasures descend!
Into our stream of most beloved
And our dream come to the ground
Let the words fly!
Like the Eagle of Egypt
Fly high to the sky, to the horizon
And beautify the marching white clouds
Let the syllables sink!
Like the Dolphin of Atlantis
Sink very deep into the twilight zone
And pacify the curling purple whirlpools
Let the rhymes run!
Like the Tiger of India
Run vigorously to the edge of heaven
And mollify the mystical thick green forests
Rejoice in peace
Rejoice in paradise
Rejoice in one piece
Rejoice in God’s Blessings
(dedicated to a great poet at poemhunter, Rangarajan Kazhiyur Mannar)
(with great admiration, enthusiasm, and adoration for American’s National Poetry Month, every April)
what a lovely poem! i especially loved how in the beginning u kept on mentioning different poets' names...thought that was pretty cool...poets from all aorund would be glad and proud to read this work of art, the living and the dead...i know i am...thanks so much for sharing and keep up the good work :) -Every rose starts out as an ash-Ashes 2 Roses ;)
Your poem creates real poetic mood becoming the festival +10
wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! i am really out of word infront of this marvelous poem...gread job......but you might have missed a great poet and u didn't mention him............he is (Ahmed Shiddiqi) ! ! !
Your poem required much work. I am admiring your talent, the patience and the great fitness in writing. Very much I like it. :) Maria Barbara Korynt
THIS POEM REMINDS ME OF A GRAND MOSAIC PAINTING OF BYZANTINE DAYS! 10! RAJ NANDY
I love, love, love this one! So amazing, spectacular, fantastic and mega-superb! ! ! This is my num.1 favourite! ! ! 10++++++++++++++++++++
A great tribute to the month of poetry and the great poets of the world! It is simply superb. I appreciate your efforts to pick up each and every great poet and the presentation, I am at a loss for words to appreciate, is fantastic. It will make all the poets proud and pep them up for reaching more and more heights. Thanks for the opportunity to peruse and get pleased.
I thought the structure and presentation were excellant. Your words were rather powerful, which bespeaks the potential for poets to influence the world. All in all, just a wonderful tribute to poetry month. GW62
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And i have come to drink of the fountain off forever that springs from your poetic heart. I have quenched my thirst and was rejuvenated in ther proces. Dreamgreetings from Friesland Boomfriend Ruerd