I am happy when I am alone



I am happy when I am alone  
I am “researcher” (Indi) when I am unchaperoned

I am “student” (Arabic) when I am individual
I am “truth” (Russian) when I am single  

I am “seeker” (Urdu) when I am forsaken
I am “candidate” (English) when I am compassionless

I am “finder” (Persian) when I am unattended
I am “searcher” (French) when I am forlorn

I am “viewfinder” (German) when I am focussed   
I am “learner” (Sanskrit) when I am friendless

I am “beggar” (Pashto) when I am avant-garde    
I am “curious” (Afghani) when I am inventive


I am “lover” (Bahasa - Indonesian) when I am pole
I am “hunter” (Setswana - Botswana) when I am onliest

I am “divine” (Bahasa - Malaysian) when I am hermit
I am “all powerful” (Chinese) when I am marabout

I am happy when I am alone because  
I am not alone when I am alone

About this poem

This poem uses the meaning of Talib in different languages (parenthesized in its body) spoken the length and breadth of the globe. The author of this poem has been to all these lands. Preview Talib is seeker of truth Talib who longs or wishes Talib is sender (of Truth) Talib is another name for God

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Written on May 24, 2021

Submitted by talibmd on August 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB CC XD BX BD BX XB BB DA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 883
Words 172
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Prof. Talib

Prof. Talib was born to a writer father Wasi Husain and home maker mother Akhtar Jahan in Lucknow, India. He is well educated with 3 master's degrees in computer science and applied science, two Ph.D.'s in computer science & engineering followed by a D.Sc. (post Doc) also in computer science. He has widely been traveled all across the globe covering more than 50 countries to fulfill his academic obligations. He has worked with the UN. Currently, he is a vice rector for informatization with the academic rank of a professor of computer science and Information Technology at an international university in the CIS region of Russia. He is a researcher, author, and consultant. He has produced about 85 research papers besides some books and chapters. He is a nonprofessional creative writer and written dozens of articles on different topics/subjects. He is a playwright and enacted in some of them. He has been the editor of a social/cultural magazine published in three languages for almost a decade. Poetry is his passion. He has written a number of poetries in various languages and some of them received awards. more…

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