Poems
Flowers and Man
by Pir Muhammad Karwaan
Flowers feed on earth and ashes,
some clear, but mostly murky water --
yet they are holy, beautiful, fragrant;
their colours delight both eyes and hearts.
While man, before whom angels once bowed down,
looks on flowers, drinks water purer than tears,
and crunches deep red apples --
yet turns ugly -- why?
The original version of this poem is written in Pashto. The literal translation of this poem was made by Dawood Azami. The final translated version of the poem is by Workshop.
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