See, If You Can...... Poem by Naseer Ahmed Nasir
See, If You Can......
See, if you can really see
The wilderness of history
The paths leading to Macedonia are dust-engulfed
' Alexanders of Fate' have vanished
The reverbrating footfalls
Around the nail of Konya
Are now reduced to lifeless echoes of a timeless moment
No dervish has stamina left in his spinning heel
Brightly lit up streaks have dimmed
Serial dances have all been obliterated
Eagles swoop down over Baghdad
The sharp edge of Damascus weapons are now blunt
See, if you can really see
The depths of your dreams
Have growing forests of poison-besmeared eyes
In place of a throbbing heart
Striped snakes of the New World
Now live in the ancient edifices
resting on pillars of Corinth
And the ancient iron boxes of secret treasures
kept in the magic cave
Have no red coins left
Only dollars!
See, if you can.........
Poem by: Naseer Ahmed Nasir,1990.
Translated from the original Urdu into English by Dr. Satyapal Anand.
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History and culture being changed, being forgotten. East being devoured by Western desires...
Wow, impressively deep. See, if you can really see The depths of your dreams Have growing forests of poison-besmeared eyes In place of a throbbing heart and scarily real. Thank you Naseer for sharing your talent with us :)
i felt the peom and i lived the story because of your way at the presentation. Its beautiful poem though.
see... if you can see the beauty of every comments...it reflects the contents of this poem..naizz
got a feeling of doubt of what everything exist...are all things be used... according to what we want.....so true and real in the time of wanting is nothing to knowing all the things...very beautiful poem..thank you Go bless
Great one Naseer saheb 'The path leading to Macedonia...... ' thanks for sharing 10+
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/20/2024 4:45:40 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Amazing poetry. Thanks for sharing.