A Love (La Isla Flamenco) Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi
A Love (La Isla Flamenco)
(dedicated to Ms. Chitra Lele, a poet friend at poemhunter)
I have been thinking
All night long
Now I am exhausted
What are you, Love? , I whisper
But there is only the mango tree
Rustling in a dream
The heart is very sublime
Very subtle and calm
On your diary book
The moonlight shines in
On your smiles and laughs
Just circle around
But you are not there
Then I am wandering
I am searching
Where are you, Love?
I go about exploring
O wondrous sweet and fair!
Then I touch you
Standing under a silvery canopy
With a basket of lilies on your arm
A bouquet of hope in your heart
You are kind, like bird
And you talk to me
I hear the Cleveland Orchestra
Playing gorgeous tunes
You tell me that
Sunflowers need spraying
That the rhinos
Have overrun all wounds
That the blue roses
Should be cut back and rounded
You say to me these things
O, beauty from the light heat!
Wait, wonderful Love!
And shuns to have her graces spied
But I feel you, heart of virgin
Innocent heart-grow of polished pure
Flowing gracefully beneath
The green steeples of the Nomad land
And I long to kneel instantly at your wish
While all about us voice tenderly
Sweet Ode Songs of Henry Purcell’s
O Love, where are you guiding me to?
A bouquet of hope in my heart......... excellent poem. thank you for sharing this lovely poem with me.
This very moving and most expressive poem was a delight to read, Ahmad, and I felt it had a very Poe-like quality to it as well. In his earlier poems, written while he was still young, he wrote of the mysterious quality of love, just as this superb poem does. The repetition of your poem's beginning at the end was a nice touch. Carl.
If there is no love there is no mankind. God created love in everyone's heart, which one should search inside the heart.
Your obvious love of music (as shown by references to famous musical works) is evident in the musical nature of your poetry. Your phrasing is thoroughly satisfying and the flow of your poetry is most appealing. I can't help comparing your work to that of Nimal Dunuhinga. Your two unique poetic voices have much in common. A quirky approach to language, an incredibly fluent way with words and a refreshingly unusual perspective on life. Your 'Love' is sublime. love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
i enjoyed reading of urs....... great piece.....well narrated poem......feel good that u are dedicated this to ur friend
Brilliance in composition for our fellow writers...Ms. Chitra Lele one of the greatest and pioneer poets here i guess in PH...10+++
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/19/2024 9:36:55 PM # 1.0.0.1119
fine! well expressed........10+ (do read mine 'This is love speaking')