Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

To What Shore Would You Cross

To what shore would you cross,O my heart?there is no traveller before you,there is no road:Where is the movement,where is the rest,on that..

© Kabir

To Thee Thou Hast Drawn My Love

To Thee Thou hast drawn my love, O Fakir!I was sleeping in my own chamber,and Thou didst awaken me;striking me with Thy voice, O Fakir!I was drowning..

© Kabir

To Be A Slave Of Intensity

Friend, hope for the guest while you are alive.Jump into experience while you are alive!Think...and think...while you are alive.What you call..

© Kabir

There's A Moon Inside My Body

THE moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it:The moon is within me, and so is the sun.The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within..

© Kabir

Greed

I dream a sceneWhere a baby falls asleepHaving sucked a pair of breastsResembling two pomegranates weighing ten kg.I desire a blue skyWhich is not..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Hypocrisy

You say that you love rain.But when it starts raining,You raise your umbrella.You say you love the Sun.But when it spreads its rays,You look for..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Oily Men's Song

We want to oil only the heads of oily men;We have no oil for those who have no oil.You who are the owners of oilAnd do the trades of oilAre our..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Desire

Were I a river, I would runTo meet the sea.Were I the moon, I would floatSmiling on the sky.Were I a cloud, I would pour down waterOver paddy and..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Truth-Adulteration

Watching acting day and night everywhere,Acting seems to be truth now, truth acting.

© Sayeed Abubakar

The Best

The fish that flees away breaking the hookSeems to be the best;And the lips you haven't given me to kissSeem to be the best.

© Sayeed Abubakar

A Stony Hero

Here death, killing, violence and hungerRound the clock play the game of doom;Snatching, hijacking, injustice and inconvenienceGrow the grass of..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Appetite

There is no appetite in heart,Appetite arises only in body;The infinite desolate appetiteRemains into my two eyes.There is no appetite in heart,For..

© Sayeed Abubakar

The Poet's Beloved

If you surrender to a rich man, he may give you a mansion,Delicious foods, nice clothes and physical pleasure;He may give you a heart as dead as a..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Prayer For Younger Sister Nazma

You are the supreme power,O God. OurAll good and badWhich make happy and sadAre only on your hand.I earnestly believe and understandThere is nothing..

© Sayeed Abubakar

An Isolated Tree's Song

Do you tell me to set my roots into air?Tell me, where had the procession of trees everRaised the slogan of storm and seized the blue skyWith their..

© Sayeed Abubakar

If I Forget You

If I forget you, Love,No doveWill sing in the forests;All the sparrows, leaving their nests,Will fly in the blue skyAnd dieWailing;No springWill come..

© Sayeed Abubakar

First Sin Of Love

Let others say whatever they wish;Why didn't you say 'Love is not a sin'?Why didn't you say standing for a while in the court of love.'He who loves..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Destiny

Abiding by the rules of health strictly,He died at the age of 52.His brother Kesmat Ali smoking punctuallyDied at the age of 80.

© Sayeed Abubakar

Grace Of Perfume

Let us move to that landWhere only flowers are cultivated,Where gardens throughout the yearRemain full of flowers;There men satisfy their hungerOnly..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Meaningless

The foolish birdGets tiredTrying to go out of the blue sky;It may go and go and will dieBefore findingIts end. O Love, I singYour song and will sing..

© Sayeed Abubakar

At Midnight

At midnight I go to bed:Seep doesn't come.In the air I hear the cryOf the oppressed.Someones cry under bombardment,Someones in hunger;Alas! What can..

© Sayeed Abubakar

The Guitar Of Light

It seems someone has cast a dark netAnd the town has become a trout caught in that net;It seems no morning has ever approached here, -The town has..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Country

Birds have no country,Fishes, no;Rivers do not count Army or border.Showing thumbs to all the raising gunsAnd the mighty kings,Rivers run tearing all..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Bangladesh

Sitting on the peak of mountain, whose faceFrequently I see; walking with my belovedOn the streets of Rome, whose words I remember;Like a pet pigeon..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Borderless

Break down all the walls,All the boundaries;The whole world is a countryWhere we live.We are the citizensOf one country, one planet.Let us liveIn a..

© Sayeed Abubakar