SORRISO AMIGO
(Friendly Smile/Afzal Shauq)
Se um pequeno gesto
de sorriso amigo
pode facilmente encher os corações
Então por que razão
a necessidade de lutar
com armas
para nos controlarmos mutuamente?
© Maria C. Costa
(Friendly Smile)
Se um pequeno gesto
de sorriso amigo
pode facilmente encher os corações
Então por que razão
a necessidade de lutar
com armas
para nos controlarmos mutuamente?
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem 'Friendly Smile' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
FRIENDLY SMILE
If a meager
friendly smiling gestures can
easily occupy
the hearts in control,
Then why
the need of fight
with guns
to subdue each others?
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
CENTENAS DE AMIGOS
(Friend Of Hundreds)
Aquele...
Olha p'ra mim
Parece você
Aquele...
Sorri docemente
Parece você...
Sempre a sensação
de que algo falta...
Aquele...
Você.
E eu digo...
É você...
É você...
Aqui está você...
E aqui e ali
Tornei-me amigo
De centenas.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Friend Of Hundreds' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
FRIEND OF HUNDREDS
The one...
looks at me
seems you...
The one...
sweetly smiles
seems you...
Always
the feeling
something missing...
The one ...
You.
And I say...
This is you...
That is you...
Here is you...
There is you...
And in
this and that
I became
Friend of hundreds
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
PODER DE PAZ
(Peace Power)
'Em vez de
criticar os meus sentimentos de amor
pela causa da paz
Não é melhor abrir os corações daqueles
que sendo filhos de Adão e Eva
orgulhosamente me consideram
seu membro da famàlia universal
e respeitam as minhas palavras
do centro do meu coração? '
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Peace Power' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
PEACE POWER
"Instead of
criticizing my love feelings
to the cause of peace
Isn't it better
to open the hearts of those
who
being the children of
Eve and Adam
proudly consider me
as their own universal family member
and respect my words
omitted for them
from the core of my heart"
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
NÃO É ESTRANHO...?
(Isn't It Strange...?)
Na luz do dia apressamo-nos
a caminho da noite
ocultando dos outros,
até de nós mesmos,
quem verdadeiramente somos.
Gente da noite
caminhando em pesadelos
escondendo-se de nada
desperta para o dia
de olhos abertos.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Isn't It Strange..?' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
ISN'T IT STRANGE...?
In daylight we hurry
towards the night
hiding who we truly are
From everyone
Even ourselves
People of the night
walking in nightmares
hiding from nothing
awake to the day
with open eyes
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
O AMOR APAGA AS DIFERENÇAS
(Love Ends Differences)
É você e eu
quem procura matar esta sede
de coraçoes famintos
parecendo os mesmos em pensamento
com respeito mútuo
com estima...
a lutar como um homem
quando você olha pr'a mim
Quero lutar
pelos direitos das mulheres
embora seja um homem
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Love Ends Differences' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
LOVE ENDS DIFFERENCES
Its me and you
who seek to quench
this thirst of hungry hearts
seeming the same in thoughts
respecting each other
Beloved....
struggling like a man
when you look at me
I want to fight
for women rights
though I am a man
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
A SEGUNDA METADE
(Second Half)
Aquele
que me desperta
toda a noite
mas de olhos fechados
Aquele
que me obriga a dormir
todo o dia
mas de olhos abertos
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Second Half' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
SECOND HALF
The one,
who makes me awake
whole the night
but with closed eyes,
The one,
who makes me sleep
whole the day
but with open eyes.
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
A 8ª COR
(The 8th Color)
Em sono profundo
sonhei...
Cenas de beleza
Contemplei...
Olhei fixamente...
Surgiram cores belas
Penso que eram sete...
Mas para minha grande surpresa
Reparei que havia oito
E a oitava cor,
de entre elas, era eu.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'The 8th Color' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
THE 8th COLOR
In sleep's depths
I dreamed...
Scenes of beauty
I gazed upon...
Staring...
Beauties of color appear
I think there are seven...
But to my great surprise
There are eight I see
and the eighth color
among them was me.
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
FÓRMULA DA PAZ
(Peace Formula)
Se
os espaços
entre os corações
forem preenchidos
com amor
e...
as almas
se beijarem
com sorrisos de paz,
os primos
da famàlia de Adão
não ficarão cansados
uns dos outros.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Peace Formula' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
PEACE FORMULA
If
the gaps
between hearts are
bridged up
with love
and..
the souls are
kissed with
peaceful smiles,
the cousins of
Adam's family would
never be fed up
from each other
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
ALMA SEM ROSTO
(Faceless Soul)
'Porquê eu...
a rapariga de sonho? '
Sempre que
nos faz perguntas...
com um sorriso cràtico
Repentinamente murmuro
num suspiro profundo.
'Porque
você é aquela...
que vive dentro de mim
como alma sem rosto.'
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Faceless Soul' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
FACELESS SOUL
'Why me....
the dream girl? '
Whenever,
she asks as..
with a critical smile
I abruptly murmur
in a deep sigh
'Because,
you are the one..
who's living inside me
like a faceless soul'
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
PAZ ASSENTE EM AMOR
(Love Based Peace)
Se promovermos o Amor
pela Paz,
paz para a Humanidade,
Acreditamos que...
a prosperidade na vida em sociedade
será verdadeiramente assegurada
para prazer infinito
da vida humana.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Love Based Peace' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
LOVE BASED PEACE
If
we promote love
for peace,
peace for humanity,
I believe...
that the prosperity in societal life
will be verily ensured
to the endless pleasure
in human's life.
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
Poetry by afzal shauq
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Written on 2009-10-15 at 18:08
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(Friendly Smile/Afzal Shauq)
Se um pequeno gesto
de sorriso amigo
pode facilmente encher os corações
Então por que razão
a necessidade de lutar
com armas
para nos controlarmos mutuamente?
© Maria C. Costa
Portuguese Translation Of Afzal Shauq's Poetry By:/ Maria C. Costa
SORRISO AMIGO(Friendly Smile)
Se um pequeno gesto
de sorriso amigo
pode facilmente encher os corações
Então por que razão
a necessidade de lutar
com armas
para nos controlarmos mutuamente?
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem 'Friendly Smile' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
FRIENDLY SMILE
If a meager
friendly smiling gestures can
easily occupy
the hearts in control,
Then why
the need of fight
with guns
to subdue each others?
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
CENTENAS DE AMIGOS
(Friend Of Hundreds)
Aquele...
Olha p'ra mim
Parece você
Aquele...
Sorri docemente
Parece você...
Sempre a sensação
de que algo falta...
Aquele...
Você.
E eu digo...
É você...
É você...
Aqui está você...
E aqui e ali
Tornei-me amigo
De centenas.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Friend Of Hundreds' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
FRIEND OF HUNDREDS
The one...
looks at me
seems you...
The one...
sweetly smiles
seems you...
Always
the feeling
something missing...
The one ...
You.
And I say...
This is you...
That is you...
Here is you...
There is you...
And in
this and that
I became
Friend of hundreds
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
PODER DE PAZ
(Peace Power)
'Em vez de
criticar os meus sentimentos de amor
pela causa da paz
Não é melhor abrir os corações daqueles
que sendo filhos de Adão e Eva
orgulhosamente me consideram
seu membro da famàlia universal
e respeitam as minhas palavras
do centro do meu coração? '
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Peace Power' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
PEACE POWER
"Instead of
criticizing my love feelings
to the cause of peace
Isn't it better
to open the hearts of those
who
being the children of
Eve and Adam
proudly consider me
as their own universal family member
and respect my words
omitted for them
from the core of my heart"
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
NÃO É ESTRANHO...?
(Isn't It Strange...?)
Na luz do dia apressamo-nos
a caminho da noite
ocultando dos outros,
até de nós mesmos,
quem verdadeiramente somos.
Gente da noite
caminhando em pesadelos
escondendo-se de nada
desperta para o dia
de olhos abertos.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Isn't It Strange..?' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
ISN'T IT STRANGE...?
In daylight we hurry
towards the night
hiding who we truly are
From everyone
Even ourselves
People of the night
walking in nightmares
hiding from nothing
awake to the day
with open eyes
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
O AMOR APAGA AS DIFERENÇAS
(Love Ends Differences)
É você e eu
quem procura matar esta sede
de coraçoes famintos
parecendo os mesmos em pensamento
com respeito mútuo
com estima...
a lutar como um homem
quando você olha pr'a mim
Quero lutar
pelos direitos das mulheres
embora seja um homem
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Love Ends Differences' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
LOVE ENDS DIFFERENCES
Its me and you
who seek to quench
this thirst of hungry hearts
seeming the same in thoughts
respecting each other
Beloved....
struggling like a man
when you look at me
I want to fight
for women rights
though I am a man
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
A SEGUNDA METADE
(Second Half)
Aquele
que me desperta
toda a noite
mas de olhos fechados
Aquele
que me obriga a dormir
todo o dia
mas de olhos abertos
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Second Half' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
SECOND HALF
The one,
who makes me awake
whole the night
but with closed eyes,
The one,
who makes me sleep
whole the day
but with open eyes.
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
A 8ª COR
(The 8th Color)
Em sono profundo
sonhei...
Cenas de beleza
Contemplei...
Olhei fixamente...
Surgiram cores belas
Penso que eram sete...
Mas para minha grande surpresa
Reparei que havia oito
E a oitava cor,
de entre elas, era eu.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'The 8th Color' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
THE 8th COLOR
In sleep's depths
I dreamed...
Scenes of beauty
I gazed upon...
Staring...
Beauties of color appear
I think there are seven...
But to my great surprise
There are eight I see
and the eighth color
among them was me.
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
FÓRMULA DA PAZ
(Peace Formula)
Se
os espaços
entre os corações
forem preenchidos
com amor
e...
as almas
se beijarem
com sorrisos de paz,
os primos
da famàlia de Adão
não ficarão cansados
uns dos outros.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Peace Formula' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
PEACE FORMULA
If
the gaps
between hearts are
bridged up
with love
and..
the souls are
kissed with
peaceful smiles,
the cousins of
Adam's family would
never be fed up
from each other
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
ALMA SEM ROSTO
(Faceless Soul)
'Porquê eu...
a rapariga de sonho? '
Sempre que
nos faz perguntas...
com um sorriso cràtico
Repentinamente murmuro
num suspiro profundo.
'Porque
você é aquela...
que vive dentro de mim
como alma sem rosto.'
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Faceless Soul' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
FACELESS SOUL
'Why me....
the dream girl? '
Whenever,
she asks as..
with a critical smile
I abruptly murmur
in a deep sigh
'Because,
you are the one..
who's living inside me
like a faceless soul'
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
PAZ ASSENTE EM AMOR
(Love Based Peace)
Se promovermos o Amor
pela Paz,
paz para a Humanidade,
Acreditamos que...
a prosperidade na vida em sociedade
será verdadeiramente assegurada
para prazer infinito
da vida humana.
© Maria C. Costa
____
> Original Poem'Love Based Peace' of Afzal Shauq in Eng; follows... Maria C. Costa/ Évora/Portugal >
____
LOVE BASED PEACE
If
we promote love
for peace,
peace for humanity,
I believe...
that the prosperity in societal life
will be verily ensured
to the endless pleasure
in human's life.
© Afzal Shauq
www.postpoems.com/members/afzalshauq
**********************************
Poetry by afzal shauq
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Written on 2009-10-15 at 18:08
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