Wisdom
Ani Shahverdyan 1989 (Yerevan)
When the now becomes as large as the endless,
and your eyes stop wetting
neither from joy nor sadness,
when giving you get more than you give,
when you see the end before you begin,
when you master filling in the waiting,
and being impressed
feels better than expressing,
when you spread your love over the hatred,
when you realize that each moment is sacred,
when the entire world feels like your home,
and you see harmony in every atom,
when you unearth the cosmos
in your own selfdom,
you, the greatest of humans,
have achieved wisdom.
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Submitted on April 03, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABACDBEBFFGHIGJH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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