Rural scene, a rural scene, / Sweet especial rural scene. GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Binsey Poplars Under a broad sky, / In the peaceful light / Of a spring day, / Why so restlessly / Do blossoms scatter down? KI NO TOMONORI (c. 850-c. 904)
How is it, / The restless spirit / Of scattering blossoms / Itself reveals / The peaceful colour of spring? FUJIWARA NO TEIKA (1162-1241)
A Bird, Just A Bird
'What fragrance', the bird said, 'what sunlight, oh Spring's come
and I'll go find my mate.'
Off the porch sill flew
the bird, flitting like some messenger, and was gone
A little bird
a thoughtless bird
a bird who never reads the news
a bird free from debt
a bird unacquainted with us
The bird flew through the air
above the red lights
unaware in the heights
and deliriously living
moments of blue
The bird was, oh, just a bird
FORUGH FARROKHZAD (1935-67); translated from the Persian
I'm taking a blogging break but will resume in June. I wish all my blog readers out there a wonderful Maytime. Happy walking, happy living, happy blogging! And remember to live deliriously those moments of blue...
