Poem
January 13, 2009
A mandala I coloured for a friend
A poem to meditate on by the late French composer and singer, Jacques Brel
“I wish you never ending dreams and a wild desire to make some of them come true.
I wish you to love what is to be loved and forget all that has to be forgotten.
I wish you silences.
I wish you birds’ songs when you wake, children’s laughter.
I wish you to resist sinking.
I wish you to stand up to indifference and negative virtues of these days.
I wish you especially to stay you.”
Jacques Brel, 1929-1978
Je ne connaissais pas cette chanson(?) de Brel. J’adore Brel.
tasteofbeirut, I am not sure Brel composed this poem for a song but it is beautiful as it is. I love Brel too:)