(dedicated to Mr. Robert Howard, a great artist and poet friend at poemhunter)
Whatever I do
I must choose
That or this
I can’t do two
Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy
Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
Wherever I go
I mustn’t return
Above sky or below ground
I may shake my elbow
Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy
Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
Whoever I praise
I fully do it
Good or bad
It will cost high price
Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy
Verdi’s La Forza del Destino
Whenever I progress
There is no clue
It’s up to you
I feel we’re waves
Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy
Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande
However I try hard
Not to disappoint God
Maybe I’m not satisfied
But at least I do for my pride
Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy
Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov
Forever I yearn
Fortune that I earn
Still can’t compare
Love that you share
Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
(inspired by Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture)
Ahmad Shiddiqi
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lesson-of-life-fate/
