I once thought it easy <br />To seize fragrance <br />To capture the evenings of monsoon <br />While sitting at home <br />To clutch starlight in my hand <br /> <br />I once thought it easy <br />To seize fragrance <br />To light the flower that is my courtyard <br />With the whisper of fireflies <br />To hold his memory in my dreaming eyes <br />Like roses cast upon a lake <br />I had thought it easy... <br /> <br />How I fooled myself! How could it happen? <br />‘To catch butterflies, you have to go far enough <br /> <br />[Translated by Nukhbah Langah and Lavinia Greenlaw]<br /><br />Noshi Gilani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-catch-butterflies/
