Flowers And Man - Rendering Of A Pushto Poem By Pir Mohammad Karwaan Into English Poem by Ravi Kopra

Flowers And Man - Rendering Of A Pushto Poem By Pir Mohammad Karwaan Into English



Flowers feed on ashes, soil, fertilizers
and mostly murky water, clear only sometimes.
Still they are beautiful. sacred and send
sweet scents into the breeze.
We love seeing their colors. Our hearts feel pleasure.

But look at man.
Once angels bowed to him. He enjoys flowers
drinks water purer than tears
and eats dark red apples. Still, he is ugly.
I wonder why!

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: flowers,man
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Rendered from the following web literal translation of a poem in Pushto from Afghanistan by Pir Mohammad Karwaan


Flower and Man

The food of flower is/flower feeds on earth, ashes & fertilizers
A little clear & lots of murky water
Despite this (it)is sacred, is beautiful, full of scents/sweet smells/smell breezes
Eyes & hearts take pleasure by (watching)it, (it is)colourful/ full of colours
But, man to whom angels have prostrated.
Looks at flower and drinks water clearer than tears
Crunches dark red apples
Am surprised, why becomes ugly.
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