Habba Khatoon Poems

I left my home for play
Nor yet again
Returned, although the day
Sank in the West.
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My friend‪,‬ this youth is loss
‏I lost all day on the way
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Which rival of mine has lured you away from me?
Why are you cross with me?
Forget the anger and the sulkiness,
You are my only love,
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The one who dazzles - have you seen that one?
Upon him look!
A sleepless stream in search of him I run,
A restless brook.
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Which rival of mine has lured you away from me?
Why are you cross with me?
Forget the anger and the sulkiness,
You are my only love,
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The world its Ramadan will end,
The lover's Id,
The feast of love, O call him, friend!
For love is Id.
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Meadows I cover with flowers for you,
Come, my lover of flowers!
Come, let me gather fresh jasmine for you,
Never return these hours!
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In henna I have dyed my hands,
When will he come?
I die, while he roams distant lands,
My heart is numb!
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Rain has come, and fields and fruit trees sing,
Spring has come, and Love, the Lord of Spring,
Dandelions have lifted up their faces,
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Wild, the vagrant yellow rose
Again has bloomed,
Beauty has in all that grows
Rare forms assumed!
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