A Japanese poem.

THIS is with reference to the article 'Two nations' (Feb 16) which left me rather astonished with its quotation of a poem supposedly by the iconic Amjad Islam Amjad, titled The Wind Cannot Read.

The writer is apparently unaware that this is actually an unattributed Japanese poem which reads: Though on the sign it is written 'Do not pluck these blossoms', it is useless against the wind which cannot read. Maybe it is a haiku, as the article suggests, but it is Japanese.

Some of the readers would surely know of the 1958 film...