good omen?

Last night the moon was looking unusually large (well, I should believe it since it was raining over here and I did not see it myself ;)). Today is my birthday and I decided to think that this year started with a good omen :) This is going to be the best year so far!

Rachel Khoo

Poems Found in Translation

Ghazal 164: Where Have All The Lovers Gone? By Hafiz Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the original Persian I see no love in anyone. Where have all the lovers gone? And when did friendship come to an end? What made our friends pass on? Life's water is blackened. Where is green-hand Khezr to deliver the land? The red has been bled from the rosebush. Where are the winds of spring and dawn? Now no one says: "our friends have a right to our support." What happened To those who know what's right? Where have the righteous lovers gone? For years not a single ruby has come from chivalry's buried lode. Where are the strains of breeze and rain? Where is the beat of the sun? This was a city of lovers, once, and this realm a land of kindness. So when did kindness end? What toppled sweetness from the throne? The ball of gracious statesmanship rolls on an empty polo-field. No player dares strike it. What has brought our mounted champions down? A million roses bloomed, and not one bird rose singing for them. What stopped a thousand nightengales? What happened to their sound? The spheres cannot sing. Has Venus herself incinerated her lute? No one can think of drinking. Where have the rowdy winelovers gone? Silence, Hafiz! Nobody knows the secret turns of Heaven. Who is it that you are asking "How has the wheel of fortune spun?"?

"Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy - the joy of being Salvador Dalí - and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things this Salvador Dalí is going to accomplish today?" Salvador Dali

For Lotus

in case you haven´t seen it up to now...

I need to watch this movie again...