از خداوند یک گل رز خواستم I asked God 4 a rose
یک باغ به من داد & he gave me a garden
از خداوند قطره ای اب خواستم I ask God 4 a drop of water
اقیانوس اب را به من داد & he gave me an ocean
از خداوندفرشته ای خواستم I asked God 4 an angel &
و او تو را به من داد He gave me u
از خدا خواستم عادتهاي زشت را تركم بدهد.خدا فرمود:خودت بايد آنها را رها كني.
I asked god to take away my habit
God said, no It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up
از او درخواست كردم فرزند معلولم را شفا دهد.فرمود: لازم نيست، روحش سالم است؛ جسم هم كه موقت است.
I asked god to make my handicapped child whole
God said, no body is only temporary
از او خواستم لااقل به من صبر عطا كند.فرمود: صبر، حاصل سختي و رنج است. عطاكردني نيست، آموختني است.
I asked god to grant me patience
God said, no Patience is a byproduct of tribulation
It isn't granted, it is learned
گفتم: مرا خوشبخت كن.فرمود: نعمت از من خوشبخت شدن از تو.
I asked god to give me happiness
God said, no I give you blessings happiness is up to you
از او خواستم مرا گرفتار درد و عذاب نكند.فرمود: رنج از دلبستگيهاي دنيايي جدا و به من نزديكترت ميكند.
I asked god to spare me pain
God said, no
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me
از او خواستم روحم را رشد دهد.فرمود: نه تو خودت بايد رشد كني. من فقط شاخ و برگ اضافيات را هرس ميكنم تا بارور شوي.
I asked god to make my spirit grow
God said, no You must grow on your own
But I will prune you to make you fruitful
از خدا خواستم كاري كند كه از زندگي لذت كامل ببرم.فرمود: براي اين كار من به تو زندگي دادهام.
I asked god for all things that I might enjoy life
God said, no I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things
از خدا خواستم كمكم كند همانقدر كه او مرا دوست دارد، من هم ديگران را دوست بدارم.خدا فرمود: آها، بالاخره اصل مطلب دستگيرت شد.
I asked god to help me love others, as much as He loves me
God said: Ahah, finally you have the idea
Words were so far away from spoken
The night was so quiet and warm
The moon and stars arrived unbroken
with stories and pictures of vast and fervent perfection
Our hands touched so softly they tickled
Such joy was felt above their laugh
The wings of night became unwrinkled
to release its message of 'yes' from a streaking meteor
With our arms we contained each other
with our lips we needed much more
by our heart we shattered the cover
of silence and distance that had kept us waiting patiently
Fire flies winked in sprinkles of knowing
An owl seemed to forget its call
Time placed in slow motion his sowing
of currents and waters of new, with utmost approval
Our kiss’s pure lightning wrenched from night
of its deep and secret desires
and grasped in our passion, of its might,
on bridges of pleasure, to breach its hallowed foundation
Words need not be spoken that we hear
on nights so quiet and warm
when moon and stars landscape the veneer
to create their potions of love in fervent perfection
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***This poem was nominated poem of 2005.
Written by an African kid, amazing thought :*
*"When I born, I Black, When I grow up, I Black,
When I go in Sun, I Black, When I scared, I Black,
When I sick, I Black, And when I die, I still black...
And you White fellow,
When you born, you pink, When you grow up, you White,
When you go in Sun, you Red, When you cold, you blue,
When you scared, you yellow, When you sick, you Green,
And when you die, you Gray...
And you call me colored???.. ......."*
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***این شعر کاندیدای شعر برگزیده سال 2005 شده**.
توسط یک بچه آفریقایی نوشته شده و استدلال شگفت انگیزی داره :*
***وقتی به دنیا میام، سیاهم، وقتی بزرگ میشم، سیاهم،**
وقتی میرم زیر آفتاب، سیاهم، وقتی می ترسم، سیاهم،
وقتی مریض میشم، سیاهم، وقتی می میرم، هنوزم سیاهم...
و تو، آدم سفید،
وقتی به دنیا میای، صورتی ای، وقتی بزرگ میشی، سفیدی،
وقتی میری زیر آفتاب، قرمزی، وقتی سردت میشه، آبی ای،
وقتی می ترسی، زردی، وقتی مریض میشی، سبزی،
و وقتی می میری، خاکستری ای...
و تو به من میگی رنگین پوست؟؟؟.........*
The whispers in the morning
Of lovers sleeping tight
Are rolling by like thunder now
As I look in your eyes
I hold on to your body
And feel each move you make
Your voice is warm and tender
A love that I could not forsake
'Cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
I'll do all that I can
Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your arms
When the world outside's too
Much to take
That all ends when I'm with you
Even though there may be times
It seems I'm far away
Never wonder where I am
'Cause I am always by your side
'Cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
I'll do all that I can
We're heading for something
Somewhere I've never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But I'm ready to learn
Of the power of love
The sound of your heart beating
Made it clear
Suddenly the feeling that I can't go on
Is light years away
'Cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
I'll do all that I can
We're heading for something
Somewhere I've never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But I'm ready to learn
Of the power of love
There should be no despair for you
While nightly stars are burning;
While evening pours its silent dew,
And sunshine gilds the morning.
There should be no despair--though tears
May flow down like a river:
Are not the best beloved of years
Around your heart for ever?
They weep, you weep, it must be so;
Winds sigh as you are sighing,
And winter sheds its grief in snow
Where Autumn's leaves are lying:
Yet, these revive, and from their fate
Your fate cannot be parted:
Then, journey on, if not elate,
Still, NEVER broken-hearted!
when icicles hang by the wall
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail
And Tom bears logs into the hall
And milk comes frozen home in pail,
When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit;
Tu-who, a merry note,While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
When all aloud the wind doth blow
And coughing drowns the parson's saw
And birds sit brooding in the snow
And Marian's nose looks red and raw,
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit;
Tu-who, a merry note,While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.