Beyond the Seas

I will build a boat

And cast it in water

I will sail away from this strange land

Where there is no one to awaken the heroes

In the glade of love

A boat void of nets

And a heart with no desire for pearls

I will keep sailing

Neither will I lose heart to the blues

,Nor to the mermaids

Emerging out of water to cast the charms of their locks

Upon the glowing solitude of the fishermen

I will keep sailing

I will keep chanting

One should sail away and away

Men of that town had no myths

Woman of that town were not as full as a bunch of grapes

No hall mirrors reflected joys

No puddles reflected a torch

One should sail away and away

Night has chanted its song

It is now the windows turn

I will keep chanting

I will keep sailing

Beyond the seas there is a town

Where windows are open to manifestation

The rooftops are inhabited by pigeons

Gazing at the Jets of Human Intelligence

Every ten-year-old child holds a Bough of knowledge

The townsfolk gaze at a brick row

As if at a flame, or at a delicate dream

The earth can hear the music of your feelings

The fluttering wings of mythical birds are audible in the wind

Beyond the seas there is a town

Where the Sun is as big as the eyes of early-risers

Poets are the inheritors of water, wisdom, and light

Beyond the seas there is a town

One should build a boat

by: Sohrab Sepehri