Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

I Have Forgotten

I can recognize her if I see again.Only I have forgotten her address.Her sweet face, her blue eyes- I can remember all.Only I have forgotten her..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Mexico

I love Mexico; it's a land of love.On its green trees nightingale, myna, doveSing songs all months. Its wind is wet alwaysWith fragrance of roses...

© Sayeed Abubakar

Keep Silent, Dear

The killers are killing--Keep silent, dear.With cold corpses, they are fillingThe beautiful earth--Still make no sound, Dear!Don't talk, don't..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Two Years And A House-Inmate

Having soaked up her two eyes in tears,The dying year said in a crying tone, 'Dear,Adieu! The bell of my departure has rung.'Listening to her cry..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Nothing So Important But Love

Meaningless is the song of a cuckooAnd the song of a dove;Nothing is so much importantOn earth but love.Meaningless is the gold of Africa,Diamond and..

© Sayeed Abubakar

My Village

At the farthest corner of the worldThere is my village small and smart.Birds chirp there, farmers render songs,Flowers sprinkle flavor all the year..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Last Trap Of Zulaikha

Zulaikha:What a bird you are, o red-billed bird,You do not eat reddish mangoes!By eating which ash, will you exist thenIn this bower of..

© Sayeed Abubakar

He Says Democracy

He says democracy.The world understands democracy.But I know he means oil.He says justice.The world understands justice.But I know he means..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Sound Of Love

Every love has its sound;It creates and it breaks.A foil stands like gray houndAgainst it and tragedy makes.But don't worry, a doveSings sweet and..

© Sayeed Abubakar

More Precious Than Your Love

Since my birthOn this earthI know nothing, o Dove,More precious than your love.Birds' twitterSounds sweeter;But your tone the sweetest;All are good..

© Sayeed Abubakar

You Only Know

A spring may emerge from a stoneIf it gets such a touch;A spring may turn into a stoneIf it gets such a blow.You only know how to make a springA..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Love Is Born

When soul conquers body,Love is born.When sin gets uprooted,Love is born.When hatred leaves our mind,Love is born.When you say 'I love you',Love is..

© Sayeed Abubakar

She

She: 1She looks fine when she laughs.She looks fine when she weeps.She looks fine when she becomes angry.Sayeed, which way you watch the Moon,The..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Into Your Heart

I live so far (in sorrow my heart dies!) ,So far from you;For this separation, from your two eyesFall down sad dew.But don't worry, to you all my..

© Sayeed Abubakar

I Have A Heart

I have a heart which isBroken and destitute;I fear to show her that,In case she turns awayHer sweet face in hatred.

© Sayeed Abubakar

Our Happiness

The more a fish goes into water,The more it gets happy.The sun gets happyShining fully in the sky.The more a tree is rooted into soil,The more it..

© Sayeed Abubakar

I Live With Your Heart Now

I live with your heart nowAnd you with mine.So my life's desert nowBeautiful, fine.Though we stay so far now,We live so near.We roam everywhere nowAs..

© Sayeed Abubakar

The Waste Land

We do not know where we live now.No difference we see between man and cow,And between Satan and angel.We do not know if we are on earth or in..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Distance

You want me,I want you;Moon wants Sea,Grass wants dew.Yet you stayFar from me,Moon the wayFar from sea.

© Sayeed Abubakar

My Love Touched Your Eyes

Walking across the broken heart of mineWhen my love touched your eyes,Your indifferent hair started flyingIn the Spring-air like withered leavesAnd..

© Sayeed Abubakar

My Moon

Never love came to me so deep,Never love came to me so high;Now without you I cannot sleep,Without your love now I do dieAs a fish dies without..

© Sayeed Abubakar

I Will Love You

I will love you, my bird,Until you become tired,Until you say in grief,'Let me love you and sleep.'You will fall asleep thenOn my heart..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Our Hair Grows Gray

How fast our hair grows gray!Before we sayOur evening prayer, the night falls,Death calls.

© Sayeed Abubakar

The Savior

Look, how like a python,How like a ravenous whaleAnd how like the Bermuda TriangleThe hungry Fire gapes at us!How terribly the maddened FireDevours..

© Sayeed Abubakar

For Ever

When dusk appears here,It dawns in your country.Night marches with snake's hood;My heart and eyebrow tremble in fear.When night approaches at your..

© Sayeed Abubakar