Some nice translations

Mr.Nationalist · #1 Saturday, August 22, 2009

Leader
Take a crow’s beak,
A snake’s tongue,
A chicken’s brain,
And the heart of a rambler,
A dog’s throat
That barks well,
A mule’s stubbornness,
And deck it pride,
Mud from the village,
And the city’s dunghill;
And then befriend
A blind potter,
Who will prepare
A new leader for you.

(Ghani Khan)

Mr.Nationalist · #2 Saturday, August 22, 2009

Nurse
To serve the sick and wretched
Is not service but worship;
Like a mother, mercy and love
Belong to Eve’s true nature.
This struggle against death
Is full of courage and daring –
This mercy in the blaze of pain
And a white beacon in darkness.
All living men are sons of women,
So is their beauty and excellence;
If the world looks down on them
When has it acknowledged merit?
A reproach to blind asses
Who turn every gem into dust.
The daughter of grace and mother of life
Is wherefore God created Eve.
It’s us poets who have made
Her a cupbearer or a beloved;
The west’s perverse culture
Has made her a seductive demon –
Neither a mother nor a sister;
Neither of religion nor of the world.

The real attributes of Eve
Are service, mercy and love –
This struggle against death
Is not service but worship.

Mr.Nationalist · #3 Saturday, August 22, 2009

Point
Far away in the clouds I see a white point,
But there are hills on the way and passes of cares.
Quietly in my veins a pleasant voice resounds,
Carrying singed strains, and yellow leaves.
Gently and dimly, a sitar rings in my heart,
Strange tunes of silence drive me mad.
And there is a long way of night and thorns,
But when I see that point, my veins start blazing;
My florid home becomes a grave, each flower a taunt.
The beauty of life veils the black mist of sorrow;
My heart tells me, ‘Get up and throw yourself at it!
In that point lies hidden your meaning of meanings.

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