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"The Silent Man"

Do you know that poor old man who cannot speak?

"You mean that man in gray beards?"

"May be the one in shabby clothes."

"It must be that beggar over there."

Let me tell you who he is:

He is as old as he is kind;

He is as poor as he is good;

He is as silent as he is sound.

Three times a day he comes to the mosque:

Early in the morning, at noon time and in the evening;

And he says his prayers without saying them:

He holds his wrinkled hands to the sky;

He turns his tired eyes to the sky

And he moves his colorless lips meaningfully.

Before and after each praying time he stands at the mosque door

Watching in silence the noisy crowd passing him indifferently

And after a while he goes in the same way that he comes: silently and alone.

Maybe he cannot use his tongue,

But he knows the most useful Language;

Maybe he cannot talk to people

But he has the most attentive Listener;

Maybe he is poor and old and alone

But he talks to God and walks with Him three times a day.

Ali Azimi, Summer 1382/2003

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