In what state was I

by | Aug 1, 2024 | Poems by Men, Sikh

Who knows, in what state was I when I met her eyes?Where, who was I? Completely lost.For you that sun and that moon are gaudy snares:Beware, lest caught, your gaze rise no higher.My love — the paradise at my journey’s end — is annoyed.Why does every...

Song of the Sanyasin

by | Jul 30, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Men

Wake up the note! the song that had its birthFar off, where worldly taint could never reach,In mountain caves and glades of forest deep,Whose calm no sigh for lust or wealth or fameCould ever dare to break; where rolled the streamOf knowledge, truth, and bliss that...

(5) Old Wall (from Year of the Goddess)

by | Jul 29, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era

Féach an seanfhalla coincréite seoÁ théamh ag an ngrian.Is gearr go mbeidh na seangáin amuighChun damhsa DuitCé acu ab fhearr Leat?Gasta nó mall?Nó iad a bheith ina stad?Look at this old concrete wallBeing warmed by the sun.Soon the ants will come outTo dance...

A dervish in ecstasy

by | Jul 27, 2024 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men

A frenzied dervish, mad with love for God,Sought out bare hills where none had ever trod.Wild leopards kept this madman company –His heart was plunged in restless ecstasy;He lived within this state for twenty days,Dancing and singing in exultant...