“My Violin Knows” by Alam Mahbub from Bangladesh

Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού

“Where words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Andersen

My violin knows the secret grammar of water,

a luminous evening unfolding in quiet grace—

the small cyclones of an ordinary life,

the hidden alchemy of fire,

the forlorn station of sighs in endless exile.

My violin knows

the hushed lament of a solitary veranda,

a cactus noon veiled behind patient shadows.

Upon the evening table gathers a forest of darkness;

from coiled roots rise improbable flowers,

while the river bends slowly

under the tender mercy of light.

My violin knows

across the pale meadows of moonlight

the visible rush of wings,

and in the postman’s satchel

a brief monsoon of forgotten melodies.

My violin knows

the inexhaustible sun, water, and wind

that lovers inherit from the earth.

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