And a Message on the Way

One day I shall come and bring a message

I shall pour light in the veins

And I shall cry out, “O you whose baskets are full of dreams!

I have brought apple, the red apple of sun

I shall come and shall offer a lilac to the beggar

I shall present another pair of earrings to the beautiful leprous woman

I shall say to the blind man, “What a sight to look in the garden!”

I shall become a peddler; I shall roam in the streets, and will shout, “O dews, dews, dews!”

I shall tell a passerby, “It is indeed a dark night

I shall bestow him a constellation

There is a little legless girl on the bride; I shall hang the Great Bear on her neck

I shall remove every obscenity from the lips

I shall remove every wall from the root

I shall tell the thieves, “A caravan has arrived loaded with smile!”

I shall tear up the cloud

I shall graft eyes to the sun, hearts to love, shadows to water and branches to the wind

I shall join the child’s dream with the murmur of crickets

I shall fly kites

I shall water flowerpots

I shall go to the horses, cows, and pour the green grasses of caress before them

A thirsty mare shall bring the pail of dew

I shall scare flies away from an old ass in the way

I shall come to plant a carnation on each wall

I shall rehearse a poem under each window

I shall give an oak to every crow

I shall tell the snake, “How glorious is the frog!” I shall reconcile

I shall familiarize

I shall eat light

I shall love

By Sohrab sepehri

Source: sohrab.ir

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