Searching for an Elysian World

Searching for an Elysian World

Mahjabeen Hassan Wreete


Far across the land and sea,

I desire to reach that celestial city;

The locus that I am digging till,

That lies in that Elysian field.

The scenery looks like the paradise

Where Adam and Eve never quarrel or fight;

Sights are painted with doves and swans,

With lilies, poppies, and cosmo blossoms.

Greeting lines of roses with thorns,

Encountering several cows with horns;

Yet searching the path on my map,

The way to fairyland.

I desire to reach that ecstasy;

Hoping that across the land and sea;

The locus that I am digging till,

Lies in that Elysian Field.