ASCENT
Dedicated to Kailas-ben
The vasts beyond all seeing
Will call our zeal sublime,
The mountains spellbinding
Will grant us daring climb.
Up, through the passes rugged
We’ll clamber for the dream
Towards the wides to be hugged,
Towards the heights’ far gleam.
Through the unfading valleys,
Through the eternal snows
A Guide will lead us, viewless,
Up the alps to know.
The furious storms appalling
Won’t shake our skyward claim:
Up, for the azure calling
Burns our heart of flame.
We’ll climb the cliffs unkind,
We’ll win the peak we sing,
Leaving the past behind
Soar on the future’s wings.
There, on the world’s grand summit
Where Spirit’s bonds are lost
The ethers vast with no mete
Will sate our soul’s thirst.
And drinking whites of Coilas,
We’ll taste life’s deepest sense.
Then greater peaks will call us
Up, to a new ascent.
25–31.12.08
Photo and poem:
Ritam Melgunov
Me at the top of Chandrashila Mt., the Himalayas, India, 11.11.11.
My site of photography and poetry: www.ritam.ru
Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ ýòîãî ñòèõîòâîðåíèÿ çäåñü:
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