Khurshid Banu Natavan Poems

Parted with you, I burn night and day,
Like a thoughtless moth in a candleflame.
Like a rose you were destined to fade and die;
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O flowering lilac, whose was the skilful hand that drew you?
O Radiant-Featured, was it a loving slave that drew you?
Chancing to penetrate into your palace, garden,
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Time has plunged me into an ocean of pain and woe,
Parted me with my sun-faced; all is dark wherever I go.
My patience has reached its limit, O God almighty on high!
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Beloved, how could you break the oath to me you swore?
Beloved, am I today not the same as I was before?
You seek new company, love, with other women you meet,
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