Best Amir Poems

Strange Currents
by Amir Khusrow
loose translation by Michael R. Burch 

O Khusrow, the river of love
creates strange currents—
the one who would surface invariably drowns,
while the one who submerges, survives.

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Becoming One
by Amir Khusrow
loose translation by Michael R. Burch 

I have become you, as you have become me;
I...

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Q.1.What is your first choice in the room?
Q.2. Are you freezing in search of warmth?
Q.3.Do you believe in skyrockets?
Q.4.Have you shred your own morals?
Q.5.Can you show us your diplomas of romance?
Q.6.Can you afford four marriages?
Q.7.What is the difference between a grizzly bear and adulthood pressure?
Q.8.Do...

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In the dentist's chair, where fears reside,
Dr. Amir Akel, compassion as his guide.
With empathy vast, a soothing hand,
Pain's specter expelled, a gentle touch.

Effortlessly he worked, a master's hand,
Extracting roots that plagued the land.
No reminder remained of the tooth's distress,
His skill, a balm, pain's gentle egress.

In...

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Don’t be sad over what you have lost, 
Smile for what you had.
If you inflict pain in every memory, 
Each memory then turns bad.

Just close your eyes and picture them, 
Like the polaroid photo you had. 
Imagine the same harelip smile, 
plastered on that doll...

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