Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor Poems

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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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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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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Should you leave furtively, O inconsiderate soul?
Torn from you, how shall I ever survive?
I would throw away for you both life and home,
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Beloved, your lithe grace maddens me - my heart
Brimming over with love and longing !

Your arch glance, O thief of love,
Makes me love you to distraction !
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Stay, O love, and hear my plaint !
Love-sick, I yearn for you.
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Beloved, how I yearn for you
Like the yemberzal for her bee !
These eyes have always ached for you
Ever since I bloomed.
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O friend, should one, as beautiful as the moon,
Delight in breaking hearts by playing false in love ?

He plunged into my heart his pointed dart,
Showing no more pity than a swordsman in war.
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