(dedicated to Ms. Gitti Pirner, a talented pianist) <br /> <br />J'ai mis du temps à comprendre mes nympheas <br />water lilies <br />iris, willows <br />a little estate <br />in the country <br />a water garden <br /> <br />how magical <br />revelation <br />model <br />vision <br />pond <br /> <br />sensitivity <br />suggestive <br />at times fluid <br />a flow of colors <br />sometimes sigh <br /> <br />landscapes <br />reflections <br />obsession <br />far beyond <br />conveying <br /> <br />the mirror of water <br />the motif's essential <br />constantly being modified <br />by changing sky reflected in it <br />imbues it with life and movement <br /> <br />from one minute <br />to the next minute <br />they are all merely <br />the accompaniments <br />effect varies unceasingly <br /> <br />a stream <br />a garden <br />I love water <br />I love flowers <br />no boundaries <br />Un paysage ne vous imprègne pas en un jour <br /> <br />(inspired by Claude Monet's Le bassin aux nympheas)<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/danse-des-nympheas/
