About the Poem
So then she chose someone else, then I did also, we're still friends, and everyone may be content with how things went. And yet . . . the poem is still here. Does that mean the heartache is too? So this time it's anonymous.
In Your Eyes |
| by Abu ben Basho |
| When I saw in your eyes that you respected me I felt on top of the world As if a banquet full of admirers Were clapping and whistling. When I saw in your eyes that you liked me The world turned around twice rapidly And even the birds turned giddy -- I could tell by their silly chirps in my heart. Could I see in your eyes that you loved me -- How can I foresee what gales should blow? Not that I could feel worthy, But to be worthy would be my whole desire. If I saw in your eyes that you desired me, That I had inspired lust in the one I so desire, I doubt I could stand undazed in that world, Life should shake so around and within me. And if I ever ever by God's mercy May see in your eyes, dear friend, The content of one I have fully satisfied, I shall live forever in that moment's joy. |
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