Beyond the Seas
I will build a boat
And cast it in water
I will sail away from this strange land
Where there is no one to awaken the heroes
In the glade of love
A boat void of nets
And a heart with no desire for pearls
I will keep sailingNeither will
I lose heart to the blues,
Nor to the mermaids
Emerging out of water to cast the charms of their locks
Upon the glowing solitude of the fishermen
.I will keep sailing
I will keep chanting
One should sail away and away
Men of that town had no myths.
Woman of that town were not as full as a bunch of grapes
No hall mirrors reflected joys
No puddles reflected a torch
One should sail away and away
It is now the windows turn
I will keep chanting
I will keep sailing
Beyond the seas there is a town
Where windows are open to manifestation
The rooftops are inhabited by pigeons
Gazing at the Jets of Human Intelligence
Every ten-year-old child holds a Bough of knowledge
The townsfolk gaze at a brick row
As if at a flame, or at a delicate dream
The earth can hear the music of your feelings
The fluttering wings of mythical birds are audible in the wind
Beyond the seas there is a town
Where the Sun is as big as the eyes of early-risers
Poets are the inheritors of water, wisdom, and light
Beyond the seas there is a town
One should build a boat
poem by Sohrab Sepehri
born : 7 oktober 1928
die: 21 april 1980