by Unknown
Jul 2011 1,190 Views 8 comments
THE WATER'S FOOTSTEPS
Idon’t know
Why some say that the horse is a noble animal, the pigeon is beautiful
And why no vulture dwells in any person’s cage
I wonder why the clover is interior to alfalfa
One must wash eyes, look differently to things words must be washed
The word must be wind itself, the word must be the rain itself
One must shut umbrellas
One must walk in the rain
One must carry the thought, the recollection in the rain
One must go walk in the rain with all the townsfolk
One must see friends in the rain
One must search love in the rain
One must sleep with a woman in the rain
One must play in the rain
One must write, talk and plant lotus flowers in the rain
Life is repeated wetting
Life is swimming in the pond of present...
Why some say that the horse is a noble animal, the pigeon is beautiful
And why no vulture dwells in any person’s cage
I wonder why the clover is interior to alfalfa
One must wash eyes, look differently to things words must be washed
The word must be wind itself, the word must be the rain itself
One must shut umbrellas
One must walk in the rain
One must carry the thought, the recollection in the rain
One must go walk in the rain with all the townsfolk
One must see friends in the rain
One must search love in the rain
One must sleep with a woman in the rain
One must play in the rain
One must write, talk and plant lotus flowers in the rain
Life is repeated wetting
Life is swimming in the pond of present...
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Posted: Jul 2011
About this poem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab_SepehriI'm sending you one of my favorite Persian poems that I like very much, but I know that when poetry is translated to another language, it may not transfer the feelings properly. Of course this type of poetry is very different and it has its own fans, so I hope everybody likes it. I am fond of reading this poem because it expresses everything that is around us in a very simple and understandable way. When reading it, it makes me think about the world, the creator and all creatures differently, with a better perspective.
This is a part of poem if you like to read the whole, you can read it on below link.
http://www.sohrabsepehri.com/poems.asp?status=showpoem&language=e&poemid=99
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Comments (8)
I wish you well my friend and would willing read a poem you have written yourself.
Thanks for your advise..
More and less im agree with u, well after posting, i thought it was better if i posted a short part of poem and put the whole poem link for someone who like it.
Ok just let have another opinion then i can do that,bcz the friends opinions are deffrent..
Im new to this online things also so poor in English..actually im learning English and online communicate by fun..and im hope to send my own first poem soon.. before that i thought maybe its useful if i interduce some more Iranian poets to friends.
Sorry a bout my poor English ..well i used to learn so much by my mistakes.
Thanks for your instructive comment.
Hi dear friend from Bournemouth
I have been in Bournemouth for more than 6 month a bout 30 years a go, and i have plan to come there for another 6 month to learn English.
Thanks for your so useful advise..yes that's a good idea.
Welcome to Poet's Corner. It was kind of andrew149 to offer posting advice. We are all students of poetic communication and learn as we go. Thank you for taking the time to expose us to your favorite Iranian poets. I look forward to reading your installments of Sohrab Sepehri's THE WATER'S FOOTSTEPS.
Hi dear friend..Thank you so much for your kind words.
Hi dear friend..Thank you for your fun kind comment on Part(1) of this poem..well i decided to resend it by one single post and put the whole poem link for the friends who like to read.
Thanks so much for the comment.
Thank you so much..i got lesson from you and im so happy you like the poem and i will try to write my first poem too.
Have a nice day.