The Impossible Dream….
From the first of June, 2018, I started writing Good Morning messages in the form of poems (Please read: ‘Good Morning Message #1‘).
The last such message was:’Good Morning Message #190‘.
Good Morning Friends,
Today onward I am going to do something different. In addition to my own inspirational poems everyday, on every Friday, I am going to give you a song or poem that has inspired me.
This one was penned by Joe Darion and was composed by Mitch Leigh both for the 1965 play and 1972 movie by the same name: Man Of La Mancha. I saw the latter with Peter O’Toole in the title role.
You may turn to Internet to read the story inspired by Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The song and its lyrics became a standard across the world. The musical has played in many other countries with productions in Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Icelandic, Bengali, Gujarati, Uzbek, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swahili, Finnish, Ukrainian and nine distinctly different dialects of the Spanish language.
Here is my small introduction, followed by the original song:
So you think yours is an impossible dream,
And never do dreams come true;
Follow it up and don’t ever lose your steam,
It would be impossible only if you don’t pursue.
The Impossible Dream
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest, to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause
And I know if I’ll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lay peaceful and calm
When I’m laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To fight the unbeatable foe
To reach the unreachable star
….can also come true if you chase it with your heart.
