I Can Feel You Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

I can feel you when the roses
Blossom in the spring
When the signs of a shiny noon
And stillness in the air
Tells me that a heavy rain is coming
When suddenly the silver lines in the clouds
Start turning black
When the mystery surrounds space around me
When a sudden blow of cold air
Getting the top dust from the earth
And when there is heavy rain
And the balconies are full of rain water and flowing down
When the earth starts giving its pristine thousand of year’s aroma
When the fire wood starts cracking
Under each others weight
When the bark of the old tree
Having seen centuries
In the sweet nature
Burns without smoke
And the water in samovar drips
On the fire
And the smoke
The smoke like sandalwood burning
In a monastery
I can feel your presence
And when the sounds of water
Torrential rain stream
Moves in cuts and with fury
When that water
Which tastes like salt
Salt of the dear land
The murky water with the holiness
The holiness
The holiness it caries
Because that is my birth place and yours too
Because that water shall sip
Into my soul
I can feel you
When the spring rose has started to blossom
In the starry nights
And the chill in the air
Makes every thing cold
On my first touch
Invent for me some new stories
Stories of my youth
O beloved mine
Invent stories for the generation coming
Let peace be my lantern
And your love be my guide
Let’s sing once again
That song of love
Which we have forgotten since long
Let’s move with the drumbeat
In the direction where the earth revolves
Let’s get mad with drunkenness
Let’s forgo the wine in paradise
For the wine of here and now
For the wine of today and this happy moment
Some names from my ancestors
And some glorious people
Alas
The earth devoured such luminaries
Such diamonds of worth and such youths
Such beauteous faces and innocent flowers
And today
I can feel you so close to me
To my heart
You have left me
So many memories
Despair not my heart
For these days of separation will be over
The spring next time
Shall be more joyful than this year
Grieve not my heart
For the days of happiness and enchantment are near
Just so near
And just across the corner
A few more steps
My blistered feet
And my old man’s stalk
My garment torn
My back bent down
Because I m carrying
The signs of your love