Reverie A La Paradis Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

(dedicated to Ms. Silvia Marcovici, a wonderful violinist)

gentle splash of white roses
soaking in quiet ponds
an intimate garden
waiting in shade

dream gleams
moonlight reflects
moving water whispers
fountain weaves its magic

open your heart
close your eyes
listen to bird song
listen to distant hiss

in an elegance of love serenity
in a sensuous tropical beauty
in an outdoor flowering vine
you enters a true paradise

(inspired by Katsushika Hokusai's Tokaido Shinagawa)