HOPE & DESPAIR

Hope said to despair at dawn:
"No one has heard of any disharmony like yours"
"You bind every hand of ardour whenever it is,
And you break up all reposeful minds everywhere"
"You brought a host of groans, tears, and sighs
To the hearts of every man"
"Whatever abjectness there is or has been, is due to you,
And the process of tearful eyes concern you"
"All these imprudent acts are too much;
Enough of making the young, old with sighs"
"I have never seen such a bitter life;
And such as asset less trade as this"
"You put fetters on the legs of free-minded,
And allow damage to fall upon every creature"
"You burn a harvest by inflicting grief,
And pull off the garment from every kind hand"
Your dust has taught the eyes to be dark,
And your spark has burnt the root of thought"
"You make to hundred pits of every whim,
And turn a thousand desires into sighs"
"No shore is safe from your waves,
And no harvest is secure from your plunder"
"But I find happy place in every heart,
And show the right way in every dark path"
I offer embalmment to all afflicted ones,
And bring brightness to every darkness"
"I gladden a heart with good tidings,
And cover every darkness with brightness"
"The bride of time owes her adornment to me,
And love finds its birth in me"
"I block the way of grief with joy,
And make a Solomon of an ant"
"I send a garden for every fire,
And dispatch repose to every depraved"
"Blessed is that secret that gives the tidings of love,
And happy is the heart that is illuminated with hope"
Despair answered:"My friend, the turn of events
With one day distress you like us"
"I have nothing to do with brightness,
Since I have spent a life-span with blackness'"
"Hope and despair are not alike in any way,
For, the world has laughed for you, and wept for me"
"In those days when I used to be hope,
Like you ,I kept on praising myself"
"There were always joys and fancies ready for me,
And there were meadows, flowers, birds, and cages
"The coldness of times melted me,
And that disharmony finished me"
The lamp of light died thinking of dawn,
And last nights flower lived one night and then withered"
"The black ness of suffering carried away all attractions,
And I met a harshness that smashed me thus"
"I slept at night with a sore heart,
And I became a tear flowing down from ones eye"
"I became a companion of a groan at dawn,
And I was so tormented that I became a sigh"
"You may sit in a heart that is free from sorrow,
But I am pleased to see a sorrowful heart"
"When they finally pinched the ball from us,
What difference could a lively or a tamed horse make?"
Hope was gone and shone like lightning,
But when can such a light of hope shine again?
"Parvin Etessami"