GOLDEN EYES

translated into English by: Laurence Hope (1865-1904)

H Amber Eyes, oh Golden Eyes!

Oh Eyes so softly gay!

Wherein swift fancies fall and rise,

Grow dark and fade away.

Eyes like a little limpid pool

That holds a sunset sky,

While on its surface, calm and cool,

Blue water lilies lie.




Oh Tender Eyes, oh Wistful Eyes,

You smiled on me one day,

And all my life, in glad surprise,

Leapt up and pleaded "Stay!"

Alas, oh cruel, starlike eyes,

So grave and yet so gay,

You went to lighten other skies,

Smiled once and passed away.




Oh, you whom I name "Golden Eyes,"

Perhaps I used to know

Your beauty under other skies

In lives lived long ago.

Perhaps I rowed with galley slaves,

Whose labour never ceased,

To bring across Phoenician waves

Your treasure from the East.




Maybe you were an Emperor then

And I a favourite slave;

Some youth, whom from the lions' den

You vainly tried to save!

Maybe I reigned, a mighty King,

The early nations knew,

And you were some slight captive thing,

Some maiden whom I slew.




Perhaps, adrift on desert shores

Beside some shipwrecked prow,

I gladly gave my life for yours.

Would I might give it now!

Or on some sacrificial stone

Strange Gods were satisfied,

Perhaps you stooped and left a throne

To kiss me ere I died.




Perhaps, still further back than this,

In times ere men where men,

You granted me a moment's bliss

In some dark desert den,

When, with your amber eyes alight

With iridescent flame,

And fierce desire for love's delight,

Towards my lair you come.




Ah laughing, ever-brilliant eyes,

These things men may not know,

But something in your radiance lies,

That, centuries ago,

Lit up my life in one wild blaze

Of infinite desire

To revel in your golden rays,

Or in your light expire.




If this, oh Strange Ringed Eyes, be true,

That through all changing lives

This longing love I have for you

Eternally survives,

May I not sometimes dare to dream

In some far time to be

Your softly golden eyes may gleam

Responsively on me?




Ah gentle, subtly changing eyes,

You smiled on me one day,

And all my life in glad surprise

Leaped up, imploring "Stay!"

Alas, alas, oh Golden Eyes,

So cruel and so gay,

You went to shine in other skies,

Smiled once and passed away.

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love poems

Tanha

'Chalo ik baar phir se ajnabi bun jaen hum dono
na main tum se koi umeed rakhon dilnawazi ki
na tum meri taraf dekho galat andaaz nazron se
na meray dil ki dharkan larkharaey meri baton se
na zaher ho tumhari kashmakash ka raaz nazron se
tumhain bhe koi uljhan rookti hai paish qadmi se
mujhay bhe loog kehtay hain k ye jalway paraey hain
meray hamraah bhe ruswaiyan hain meray mazi ki
tumharay saath bhe gozri hoe raton k saaey hain
ta"aruf roug ho jaey tu usko bhoolna behtar
ta"aluq roug ban jaey tu usko toorna acha
wo afsana jisay anjaam tak lana na ho mumkin
uasay ik khoobsorat mour de k bhoolna acha
Chalo ik baar phir se ajnabi bun jaen hum dono.'

  ...love and lust
'...love and lust

Each shall have a room, as they are distinct
As love is blind, lust has eyes wide open for its games
As love is day, lust is the night at the bar
As love speaks the truth, lust can just lay silent looking for the tasty froth
Love need not be beautiful but lust makes it a requisite
Love may abstain, but lust cannot
By its nature it thrives in banquets

Love is pure but lust goes to mud in all wild wrestling for what it desires
I can love you without lust
But you may not like it after all
I love and lust you

And in you
Love and lust shall
Hold hands, kiss tight, hiss all the night
Love and lust
The two becoming one
To both of us

So this union may last'

The shafts of love are not
'LOVE

The shafts of love are not confined
To clime or race or creed.

What teaches a king the ways of a slave,
Is not love, but something else.

Knowledge and wisdom are jugglery
Without the alchemy of love.

Love is freedom and contentment,
Not at the mercy of kingly power.

My poverty is better than imperial pomp,
One maketh man, the other maketh glass.

  That love we have inside
'A LOVE THEME

That love we have inside

Of us to show to the world

That love we have inside

Of us to give to the ones

That...

We had chosen to be

Our friends...

Because we want them to have

Some love also

And be able to share it with others also




Child's Prayer
'My hopes and wishes come upon
My lips from inside my heart.
Oh Allah! My life should be
Like a lamp, never to go dark.

Let the darkness of the world
Disappear from my presence.
Let every place become bright
From my shining existence.

Just as the flower stands with others,
Improving the garden's beauty,
Let my life stand with knowledge
And dignify my community.

My life should be built around
Those who seek the light,
Just as the moth loves the glowing lamp
In the darkness of the night.

Oh Allah! Make me strive
Constantly to educate my mind,
With the light of knowledge
That you gave me the power to find.

I want to dedicate my life to those
Who are in need of special care.
The old, the young, the ill, the hungry,
I want to be fair.

Oh Allah! You gave us choices!
Protect us from sins,
Lead us to the path of righteousness,
Help us to do good things.'

A Special World

A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.

- Sheelagh Lennon - 

An Entrapment

My love, I have tried with all my being
to grasp a form comparable to thine own,
but nothing seems worthy;

I know now why Shakespeare could not
compare his love to a summer’s day.
It would be a crime to denounce the beauty
of such a creature as thee,
to simply cast away the precision
God had placed in forging you.

Each facet of your being
whether it physical or spiritual
is an ensnarement
from which there is no release.
But I do not wish release.
I wish to stay entrapped forever.
With you for all eternity.
Our hearts, always as one.

- Anthony Kolos -

What I Love About You

I love the way you look at me,
Your eyes so bright and blue.
I love the way you kiss me,
Your lips so soft and smooth.

I love the way you make me so happy,
And the ways you show you care.
I love the way you say, "I Love You,"
And the way you're always there.

I love the way you touch me,
Always sending chills down my spine.
I love that you are with me,
And glad that you are mine.

- Crystal Jansen - 

You're my man, my mighty king,
And I'm the jewel in your crown,
You're the sun so hot and bright,
I'm your light-rays shining down,

You're the sky so vast and blue,
And I'm the white clouds in your chest,
I'm a river clean and pure,
Who in your ocean finds her rest,

You're the mountain huge and high,
I'm the valley green and wide,
You're the body firm and strong,
And I'm a rib bone on your side,

You're an eagle flying high,
I'm your feathers light and brown,
You're my man, my king of kings,
And I'm the jewel in your crown.

- Nima Akbari -

Alone Poem
'In contact, lo! the flint and steel,
By sharp and flame, the thought reveal
That he the metal, she the stone,
Had cherished secretly alone.
















  Decalogue Poem
' Thou shalt no God but me adore:
'Twere too expensive to have more.

No images nor idols make
For Roger Ingersoll to break.

Take not God's name in vain: select
A time when it will have effect.

Work not on Sabbath days at all,
But go to see the teams play ball.

Honor thy parents. That creates
For life insurance lower rates.

Kill not, abet not those who kill;
Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill.

Kiss not thy neighbor's wife, unless
Thine own thy neighbor doth caress.

Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete
Successfully in business. Cheat.

Bear not false witness--that is low--
But "hear 'tis rumored so and so."

Covet thou naught that thou hast got
By hook or crook, or somehow, got.'

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Funny Poems

Funny poems are often inspired by daily
occurrences. This humorous poetry is not
an exception. Many of the poems featured
are based on classical Mother Goose and
famous songs throughout history.

Having inspiration for all types of poetry is
a must. No matter the place or time,
writing down ideas is a great way to
conjure poems in the future.

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No Matter What Our Troubles, I Still Love You

No matter what our troubles, I still love you,
As though a part of me were also you.
Life isn't easy, but I know without you
There will be bitterness in all I do.
I feel the broken heaven in my heart,
The blight that will outlast the years of healing,
The darkness underneath all time and art,
The pain that from within there's no concealing.
We were so much in love when we first met,
A river that would reach, in time, the sea.
We ought not let despair turn to regret,
But be through choice what love chose us to be.
No love can last except it be through will.
Were wastelands in our path, I'd love you still

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जाल झेल

जाल झेल बेईमानी कहिल्यै गर्न चाहन्न ।
कुनै पुण्य काम नगरी छिटै म मर्न चाहन्न ।

भीरबाट झरे मरुला, मलाई कुनै पीर छैन
कसैको नजरबाट किहल्यै म झर्न चाहन्न ।

सहयात्री हुँ म उस्को जस्ले दिन्छ साथ मेरो
घात गरी अरुलाई एक्लै जङ्गार म तर्न चाहन्न ।

दिएर हुने भए केहि राख्दीनथे म साथमा
आँत सुकाई कसैको आफ्नो पेट म भर्न चाहन्न ।

साधु सन्त नभएनि सादा जिवन जिउन चाहन्छु
छलकपट काखी च्यापी ज्ञानी रुप म धर्न चाहन्न ।

लक्ष्य मेरो क्षितिज छुने पाईला अघि बढाउँदैछु
आँधी आपतको आएपनी म डर्न चाहन्न ।

जे जान्दछु त्यही गर्छु यो र त्यो भन्दिन म
कर्तब्यबाट कहिल्यै पछि म सर्न चाहन्न ।

सुख दुःख जिन्दगी हो किहले धेरै कहिले थोरै
जतन गरी राख्छु संधै कतै म छर्न चाहन्न ।

प्रकाश थापा Thursday, 27 August

दुबइ

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पानाको संसार

माया त बस्यो फेरी किन छुट्नु पर्दो होला
केही क्षण बिछोडदिदैमा किन आसु झर्दोहोला
चोखै माया लाए पनि किन बिछोड हुन्छ होला
उनिलाइ नै सम्झी सम्झी यो मन किन रुन्छ होला?
तिम्रो सम्झनाले मलाई तड्पाइ तड्पाइ मार्ने भयो
सुख्खा यि नयन हरुमा साउने झरि झार्ने भयो
यो मन सार्है खुशी हुन्छ सपनिमा आइदिदा
फेरी यो मन रोइ दिन्छ बिपनि मा नपाई दिदा
Navin B.K

China

गजल

कहिले दिन्छ पूरै मस्ती यही प्यारले
कहिले उठाउँछ बस्ती यही प्यारले

जब एक्लो थिएँ म, आजजस्तो हुन्न थिएँ
प्युन लायो जबर्जस्ती यही प्यारले

भोलि कति बेइमान होला भन्न सकिँदैन
सक्दो गुन लाउँथ्यो अस्ति यही प्यारले
ऊ मानिन जसै गर्दा पनि मेरी हुनलाई
जिउँदै मार्‍यो एउटा हस्ती यही प्यारले ।


गजल

कहिले कही लुकाएर खुवाउनुको मजा बेग्लै
एकान्तमा तिम्रो साथ रमाउनुको मजा बेग्लै

रातको साथ त सधैं सधैं साच्छन् सबै
लुकेर दिउसै हात समाउनुको मजा बेग्लै

सुन्ने गरी गाउनेहरु गायक बन्छन् यहाँ
तिम्ले मात्र सुन्ने गरि गाउनुको मजा बेग्लै

प्राप्तिमा त खुसी फूल्छ सपनाको संसार झुल्छ
माया गर्‍या जस्तो गरी तडपाउनुको मजा बेग्लै

चट्ट टिप्यो सट्ट लायो क्षणभरको खुसी टुट्छ
काडा बीचको फूल टिपी लाउनुको मजा बेग्लै ।

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I Love You

How can mere words express what the heart feels?
To tell of love that runs so deep?
Or speak of the emotions that only lovers know?
Can words alone convey what happens when our eyes meet?
The unspoken love, the shared memories and laughter?
Will my words convey the thrill of being with you, no matter how carefully chosen?
Now I know why poets have anguished, and writers have wept over their words.
Because, My Love
There is simply no words
Adequate to tell of my love for
YOU!!!!

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"तिम्रो मायाले"

बाँच्न सिके जीवनमा
पल पल आसु खसाली
सात समुन्द्रा पारी कल्पिदे इ छु
तिम्रो चोखो माया दिल्मा बसालि!
मुटुमा आतिनै पिडा भयो आज
हामि एक अर्का टाढा हुनले
लुरे ज्यानै झुरे भयो
तिमिलाई सम्झि रुनले!!
दिन् गयो ,बर्ष गयो सम्झि तिमिलाई बसेर
चिन्ता अब नलियो पृया आउदैछु कमर कसेर!!

रजेशरुम्बा लामा G4S Doha,Qatar

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