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Chinaberry
Lilas de Perse - الزنزلخت
Description
In the past, the leaves from the garden’s tree were used to protect the carpets in the house from moths. More recently, many seeds were planted in pots and distributed.
Poem
The Tree
When down into the dust a man will kneel
To plant a humble seed within the soil,
A sacred grace for all mankind to feel
Is born from such worthy toil.
He who plants holds faith in better days;
With patient hope, he lets his worries go.
He walks with spring through nature's quiet ways,
And with a calmer heart, helps it grow.
A moment cast into the earth,
A fragile germ dropped in the generous land,
Is all it takes to give birth to
A splendid tree, magnificent and grand.
The sweat of just one day, a passing hour,
Is all you ask, O nurturing Mother Earth,
To yield a century of love and power,
And endless peace.
In time, the tree will tell a noble tale,
To our children's children,
Recalling how their fathers conquered time.
It will teach them to be steady, calm, and strong,
To nurture a nest and greet the robin's song,
Unshaken by the storm upon the hill.
Through branches reaching up to the sublime,
They too shall touch climb to infinity.
Published in La Montagne Parfumée
Éditions de la Revue Phénicienne, 2004
