<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=464598" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Prayers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The rocking hands swayed me back, <br>The centuries full four and ten behind; <br>Placed me on the cold wet sandy bank, <br>At the time of dawn, half light, half night.<br>Behind I saw stretched sandy plains, <br>In front calm sea with small ridges<br>Moving when gentle air moved.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far away I beheld a ship coming<br>Ashore from the remote distant land, <br>Anchored instantly after the voyage long.<br>I beheld then the men four riding on<br>The steeds, galloping along splashing waters; <br>Fully armoured, <br>Equipped with sharp shining swords; <br>And captured they the descending voyager, <br>From the shoulders who cast at me, <br>A resigned patient look. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah! I can recall the heavy rough brows, <br>Long nose, thick lips, complexion black, <br>Perforated ear with a silvery ringlet, <br>Long dress and loose sleeves.<br>Turned then he to the centre, <br>Bended knees, sat to offer the prayers, <br>Under the lurking long curved blades.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the same rocking hands brought me back, <br>To sign a bond, to make a new turn, <br>And rectify direction of the derailed gait, <br>Eyes I found watering full flowing, <br>Drenching cheeks and the whiskers all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Muhammad+Shanazar">Muhammad Shanazar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=464598" data-title="The Prayers de Muhammad Shanazar" data-description="The rocking hands swayed me back, The centuries full four and ten behind; Placed me on the cold wet sandy bank, At the time of dawn, half light, half night. Behind I saw stretched sandy plains, In front calm sea with small ridges Moving when g..."></div> </div> </div>

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