Seize the Day
If you would
seize the day,
you must
plunder time,
split open
the heart of
hours,
dismember
the minutes,
and silence
the seconds.
Wrest a
lifetime,
tooth and
claw,
from beneath
the sting of
the clock
hands,
heedless
of the times
and
their timefolk,
take your
spoils
and
scatter them
among
your moments.
دم را غنیمت شمار
اگر میخواهی
دم را غنیمت شمری
باید
زمان را تاراج کنی
دلِ ساعتها را بشکافی
دقیقهها را مثله کنی
و ثانیهها را سر به نیست
عمری را
با چنگ و دندان
از زیر نیشِ عقربهها
بیرون بکشی
بیاعتنا
به روزگار و
روزگاریان
غنیمتت را
میان لحظههایت
تقسیم کن
سهیل خداپرستی
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Author:
soheil khodaparasti (
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Comments2
A strong write my friend. There is a call to the army to enter the fortress of time and pillage it, take all of worth and leave nothing. Most powerful.
Thank you, my friend. I love the way you describe it—as an army entering the fortress of time to claim every treasure it holds. Perhaps that is the call: to seize every moment of worth before the gates close, and to leave no precious fragment of life unexplored. Your words beautifully capture the spirit of the poem.
You are very welcome Soheil. To suck every bit of marrow from the bone, leaving the worthless behind and filling oneself on all that is useful, tasting and enjoying all that is of worth.
But still the clock is ticking.
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