To You

By Majid Kafai

"Kafaï's poetry is largely philosophic in nature.............

Indeed, Kafaï often employs metaphor to infuse his poetry with greater subtlety and depth...

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookTrail Publishing
• Release date: Aug 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781637678800

Majid Kafai

Majid Abdolhossein Kafaï was born Dec 12, 1933. Has a Law degree from the University of Tehran/ Iran and joined the Iranian Foreign Office in 1955. He was a career diplomat for 25 years and served in Geneva,Kabul,Vienna,Moscow,Milan, Rome,Ottawa and Paris where he was Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Iran. Despite the fact that he had the rank of Ambassador he decided not to work for the Iranian Government after the Revolution.He left Iran in 1980 and never returned to that tormented country and he emigrated to Canada in I981. He became a Canadian citizen and he worked 15 years as a Refugee Judge for the Federal Government . Serving in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax and Edmonton. He retired in 1999.

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there is nobody on this planet

except

a passerby

Majid Kafaï

(12.12.1933-           )

Contents

Introduction

not seeing is not proof of not being

the waves

Mockery

Life

God

the painter

Countenance and character

the shore

the worshiped one

the war of religions

friendship with a snake

youth

the value of word

the oppression road

Mankind

tent

no

The Bridge of Existence

SUMMITS

how great

shame

force

coquette

birthday

desert

PARADOX

the World’s route

today and tomorrow

my shortcoming

gratis

About Bird

End of a dream

Eternity

Friends Of Power

I Love You

Immensity

In The Name Of Religion

I Wish I were

Love Is Light

Mystery

Oh! You That Are Drowned In Your Pool

Return To Me

They Believe

To The Hunter

The Winner

The Story Of The Leaves

Don’t Leave me

The Story Of My Love

The Impostors

The Fountain Of Creation

passerby

Masterpiece

About Poetry

PRAISE THE LORD

the persian wine

religion

A rain drop

peace

The Perfume of Liberty

The Wisdom Eyeglasses

Remember

Profit

ant

Losing oneself

The World

A sip in the cup

IN GOD’S NAME

Ponder

Repetition

Islam

We are not alone

Criminals

The Light of Affection

We Do Not Know

Souvenir

the torch of wisdom

My Thoughts about Death

Mes pensées sur la mort

Proportions

Proportions

Andaazeh haa

Terse

Laconique

What is Life

Qu’est ce que la vie?

O! My Lord

HOW SOON YOU WENT  !

The Puzzle 

The Boundless

To Comrade Vladimir Putin

au comrade Vladimir Poutine

товарищу вальдимиру путину

The Magic of Poetry

Introduction

"Kafaï’s poetry is largely philosophic in nature. In verses such as " Who Am I ? " and " Look" , Kafaï explores the origin of humankind .His verse overflows with a deep reverence for the God of Creation. In " Return To Me " the narrator pleads to God ," return to me and with the cool streams of your tenderness irrigate the thirsty desert of my soul" . Indeed, Kafaï often employs metaphor to infuse his poetry with greater subtlety and depth.. The poem " I Love You " fashions its theme of bad love largely upon the use of metaphor. The narrator of I Love You bemoans, There were bushes full of thorn in your arid and harsh land /And snakes of empty words bit my heart and my hand .

Kafaï’s clever turns of phrase infuse old concepts with new life. Additionally, Kafaï’s masterful use of rhythm and rhyme add a musical quality to his verse that is reminiscent of an ancient ballad’s lilt. His combination of end rhyme ,internal rhyme and slant rhyme create a sound that is as diverse as it is enchanting.While Kafaï often explores concepts that are infinitely complex his approach to those subjects leaves an impression of both clarity and grace upon those who read and hear his verse.

Kafaï’s amazing gift of words marks him as a truly accomplished poet .His ability to turn mere language into the music of verse is matched only by his immense insight into the complexities of the human spirit …."

The above text is part of an introduction which was written by The International Library Of Poetry and The International Society Of Poetry; both located in America. They not only wrote those professional remarks but they kindly recorded them in a CD entitled " The Magic Of Poetry " which contains a number of my English poems. They gave me for free one hundred copies of that CD as an award-winning gift for my poem " I Love You "

Also, they honoured me in April 2006 and April 2007 by sending me a beautiful certificate attesting that I have attained the status of:

POETRY AMBASSADOR

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not seeing is not proof of not being

there are billions of human beings

on the planet Earth

but I have not seen them all

my not seeing

them is not a proof

that they do not exist at all

undoubtedly

our story

is the same vis a vis the boundless World

in the immense field of the Universe

which has no frontier

we have billions of galaxies

galaxies which are

billions of light years far from us

and inside those galaxies

there are billions of Suns,Moons, Stars and Planets

as well as

billions and billions and billions of living creatures

who are more civilized

more advanced

more knowledgeable

and more powerful than us

the appearance of luminous flying cigars

which more than half a century ago

I saw one of them at night

in the Tehran sky

is a testimony to what I say

a claim

which has crossed over the border of imagination

and has indeed become

a thrilling fact

Undoubtedly

in the fecund field of the Universe

the Earth particle

is not an extraordinary knitted piece

i said particle

because

if we circulate inside the Milky Way

not only we do not see the planet Earth

but the Solar System as well

a Solar System

which is lost

among billions of stars and planets

that are in our galaxy

and if

with the speed of light

we fly for millions of light years

in the boundless Universe

we will not be able to see the Milky Way anymore

despite the fact that it contains many Solar Systems and Stars

it is

sheer selfishness

sheer egoism

sheer