31.10.2024

Dance under the cherry blossoms/Search for an infinite light/Transience/Wind's Song

Von Tahereh Toolabi, gelesen am 22.10.2024

 
 
 
Dance under the cherry blossoms
 
 
Two white butterflies dancing on the field
They’re swirling around so wild
Dancing to the melody of springtime
When the flowers are in prime
They forget the time under the cherry-tree
They are young, wild and free
The sweet scent of new beginning lies in the air
Of love, of joy, of hope – so fair!
The golden shimmer of sunlight
Bathes everything – what a sight!
 


Search for an infinite light


A deep, deep hole
This feeling - Being stuck in it
What a well feels like from the inside
This narrowness, this darkness, the hopelessness
A terrible feeling


Days, months, years
To spend in it
Only sometimes a brief ray of light
That disappears again
After a while


Sometimes the desire
The rising water inside
May drown you, suffocate you
No air, no ray of light
No way out


The cold inside
No hope
Come water, close yourself around me!
So much pain


The cry for help, for light, for warmth
For that certain warmth
Desire
so strong!
But no answer


A rope was sometimes handed down
But it was weak and often broke
But I often longed for a ladder
Stable, firm, sure-footed
One step at a time
Into the light, into the warmth

Now I am being handed
A ladder
But will it hold
But will it hold -- is it stable?
Does it finally offer me
Forever
Forever
A fucking way out into the warmth
This infinite warmth
That I long for?


The sky seems so far away
But can this ladder
Be a way to it?
To finally be enveloped
By happiness, warmth and light?
This infinite light?

 

Transience


When the sun sets on the sea
The two lovers meet under the apple tree
In spring the white blossoms reminiscent of their love's purity
In summer the fruits similar to their love's maturity
In fall they know departure is near
In winter they feel the separation fear
Life's paths can cross and they can depart
Currently she leans on his breast and can hear her lover's heart
She knew this moments temporality
In her heart she feels the insecurity
But right now she looks in his warm, brown eyes
It's a spark of hope which the two of them it ties
He kisses her gently, he holds her close
Strokes over her hair and pins a rose
Two lovers find their peace in unity,
From the harsh, unjust world they find immunity

 

Wind’s song


When the full moon blooms on the night sky
When you see the fireflies fly
When rarely someone passes by
One can hear the wind whisper and cry
The wind sings a sad melody of remorse and regret
It makes the eyes get wet
Of paths who lost themselves after they've met
It sings from the echo from lack of knowledge you get
When you look closer in the glistening river
You see the tears of the swans which makes you shiver
When you listen closely you hear the blades of grass quiver
They all learn lessons from the music giver
About freedoms lost while trying to loosen the bonds
About tears which have been cried in the size of ponds
About open doors and windows where there are now only wands
About questions no one responds
It all happens on a silent night
In the sight of the moon light