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THE CUCKOO AND THE PILGRIM - 4 (Renga on revelations with Deborah Russell)
Deborah Russell, Cuckoo (C) begins stanzas. Muhammad Naveed Ahmed, Pilgrim (P) responds:
-- C
autumn announces
in the nimbus of red sun
what color are leaves?
-- P
rainbow sweeps doubts
we are the best
why look at colours?
-- C
i am what i am
my eyes crystallize colors
the canvas is white
-- P
white hides mysteries
heart a prism
soul is on the throne
-- C
raw umber of flesh
cadmium a midas coat
a joseph coat waits
-- P
blind steep cave
deceived by promises
dream becomes reality
-- C
rivers flow like shroud
mystery of white suffused
that is the promise
-- P
life water sparkles
all barriers broken
isn't faith a mystic?
-- C
all men prophecy
interpret dreams and translate
yet only faith knows
-- P
silence is wisdom
the sufi understands
what is left to explain?
-- C
silence a variant
solace the definition
do trees have wisdom?
-- P
heart beats are heard
by a chosen few
ask the olive branch
-- C
many eyes seek peace
olive branches and ointment
where is the mercy?
-- P
mercy is peace
deep are still waters
the heart is resplendent
-- C
the vineyard remains
generations produce fruit
is wine a liquid?
-- P
matter becomes extinct
Zamzam refreshes
ah, how will be Kauthar?
-- C
thirty five metres
seeped in pilgrims tradition
why im not chosen?
-- P
Hallaj said Annal Haqq
they chopped him, he laughed
where is his greater cross?
-- C
ambiguity
weighs heavy within the heart
this necklace a cross
