Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Listen to the Silence by Diane Babayan
Listen to the Silence
Diane Babayan
translation: Mina Zand Siegel
Listen to silence
It is there, all aound
Away from your sight
It is in full bursting
Conceived to give life
Like an egg to be hatched
Transparent and fragile
But strong for its form,
A perfect curve
That repeats itself,
For eternity.
Listen to silence,
That will talk to you
If you lend it your ears
It will retell you your life
What has happened
In the course of time
Without ever stopping
But it will sow its story
From the time past
To the future
Over the path of your memory
Listen to silence
And you will hear the life
Of yours
And of others
Those buried treasures
Under the mountain of noise
The wastes of wars
Of lies and deceptions
Listen to silence
And you would be able to save the life
Yours
And others’
Who hear nothing but the noise
These sounds that imprison
The silence of life.
By Diane Babayan
Toronto, April, 30 2004
Translated: Mina Zand Siegel
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