Poems by Rawar
Poems
Author: Rawar of Arjuf
Description: A book of poems by the first husband of the Scarlet Empress, studied for their purity of expression and feeling (unmarred by politics and without agenda).
Contents:
contentment
when you ask why i dwell here docile among the far green hills, i laugh in my heart.
my heart is happy.
the peach blossom watches the river running but remains content.
there is a better heaven and earth than the busy world of men.
bound in chains
can there be any greater chain
than one which stands invisible
which glimmers not in candlelight
which binds the heart so tightly
while flesh remains free
there is no greater chain
i will have none of it
take your smiths and anvils
your mines and your forges
wrap yourselves around in unseen links
i have my cave
i have the sea
and the wind blows gentle company
i need nothing more
i have seen a road
i have seen a road that wanders in green shade,
that runs through sweet fields of flowers.
my eyes have traveled there,
and journeyed far along that cool fine road.
but i will never really walk that road;it does not really lead to where she lives.
when she was born,
they bound her little feet with leather bands;
my beloved never walks the road of shade and flowers.
when she was born,
they bound her little heart with leather bands;
my beloved never listens to my song.
third admonition
there lies within us
a power which defines us
completes us
supports us.
there lies within us
a power which drives us
protects us
delights us.
there lies within us
a power which consumes us
terrifies us
controls us.
the power within us
strikes out five times at us
devours four limbs from us
takes our soul from us
the power within us
demands so much of us
does not care for us
will someday destroy us
will we ever let it go?
