Poem - The Wisest Fool, Poet - Prof. Dr. Gazi Abdulla-hel Baqui (Bangladesh)

 

The Wisest Fool

Prof. Dr. Gazi Abdulla-hel Baqui (Bangladesh)

I am the citizen of my country and the universe as well,

Still then I am the master of a microcosm,

Here in my circle I know everything and many things, too.

I know the world truly transitory

A zero base exists today, is extinct tomorrow.

This is fragile life, a rolling dew drop,

Greening a blade of grass or no, vanishing.

Thus go the civilized and uncivilized living.

Keeping nothing back I relate this tale,

You are a real witness of what happens.

Why should we ward off the inevitable reality?

Man is created worried, and broken he goes.

Fading into insignificance like a convict with conviction. Making weapons and hoarding wealth I preserve my humanity--

Do not pose a threat and harm to the rest?

I beget bleeding hearts and wailing eyes

What a clear irony I am consciously aware of!

Man is born not for any other cause, the sterilized bluff,

But for death -- and only for death-- this is true,

Save a virtuous few, who on earth are not wisest fools?    

About the Poet:

Dr. Gazi Abdulla-hel Baqui, poet, writer, translator, and a university professor, has already authored twenty eight books, and a great number of his poems, (many haiku and rubaiyat), articles and stories have been published in different Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, Periodicals etc. Besides being awarded internationally for his poetic accomplishments, he has many a time been honored by different organizations of Bangladesh for his contribution to literature, education and research. A solo cassette album of his eleven poems called `Visions’ and his poems in some anthologies have been published by The National Library of Poetry, Maryland. Poems are published by Oddball Magazine, English Teaching Forum, Poetry.com etc. His prize-winning poems on `Peace’ has been published in Official Catalogues by Cultura-e-Societa, Torino, Italy. His poems generally deal with peace and patriotism, eternal problems and lasting human conviction.