Father! I am Yusif
Oh father!
My brothers neither love me
nor want me in their midst.
Oh father, they assault me,
they stone me and
with insults they shower me.
My brothers wish me dead
so they give their false eulogies.
They shut your door before me,
and from your field
I was expelled.
They poisoned my grapevines,
oh father!
When the passing breeze
jested with my hair,
they all became envious,
outraged at you and me.
What have I done to them, father,
and what loss have I caused?
Butterflies rest on my shoulder,
wheat bows toward me
and birds hover above my hands.
What then did I do wrong, father
and why me?
You’re the one who named me Yusif!
They pushed me down the well
and then they blamed the wolf.
Oh, father! The wolf is more merciful
than my brothers.
Did I wrong anyone
when I told about my dream?
Of eleven planets, I dreamt,
and of the sun and the moon
all kneeling before me.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- A Gemini’s Hurt by Stephen Allen
- Rosslyn To The Prime Minister by Graham Rowlands
- His Mistress to Him at his Farewell by Robert Herrick
- our_refuge.html
- In Salutation to the Eternal Peace by Sarojini Naidu
- Day’s End by Tu Fu
- On A Good Man (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- The Commitment by Rob Leatherman Sr.
- Doomes-Day: The Twelfth Houre by William Alexander
- Lines Left Upon The Seat Of A Yew-Tree, by William Wordsworth
- The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter poem – Ezra Pound poems
- The Rendezvous
- F?sulan Idyl by Walter Savage Landor
- A Voice From The West poem – Alfred Austin
- In The Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
