Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor Poems

I'll rock you in my arms !
O my pearl, do not forsake me.
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You stole away with furtive gait,
O lover of flowers, my sweetheart !
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Beholding your loveliness maddened me with longing.
How cruel you left me languishing with this desire !

Did you enter my bower of love just to put a spell
On my senses, taste my bloom and leave me in blight ?
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I'm like a parrot enmeshed in your love,
O wild mynah, hear the song of my heart !
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O saqi, open wide the door of your wine shop!
Learn this secret: move with the times.
Make your cups and glasses sparkle bright.
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O, how your heroism inspired me
To gladly pledge my youth, only to find
My life now lying shattered around me I
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O bulbul, let the freedom urge possess your soul !
Bid good bye to your cage, step out,
Gather your flowers and enjoy their bloom !
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Stay a while, beloved, or make your steps
Soft and slow, so that you can be seen.

O leave that frown! Just a kind look from you
Would heal all wounds and fulfil all desires.
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Love's more delicate than a flower,
And more precious than my life;
My heart is its permanent home,
And I its vigilant guard!
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Come, gardener! Create the glory of spring! Make
Guls bloom and bulbuls sing - create such haunts!

The dew weeps, and your garden lies desolate;
Tearing their robes, your flowers are distracted.
Breathe life once again into the lifeless gul and the bulbul!
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