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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Sweetheart, stay a moment, and hear me speak.
I crave only to gaze at you - O stay !
Why be cross with me, why tear me apart ?
O, why drive me to immolate myself ?
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Who stole my heart from far away ?
Bring back that youthful heart to me !
Like a bulbul trapped in a clapnet,
My heart is caught in a snare of curls.
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Flower of Nishat Bagh,
Come with your graces,
Come with your laughter,
Come showering pearls !
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Won't my beloved leave that frown?
And show his lovely face?
My bosom is consumed in the fire of love.
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The garden is ablaze with diverse hues.
O bulbul, behold these flowers
In the assembled gorgeous court!
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Bouquet from Beauty's everlasting garden,
Heemaal of Heaven or Caucassian fairy -
O peasant girl, what grace! What beauty!
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