Khalid Rawat

This madness always comes to me
Like a thunder like a flash,
And burns my branched thought's tree
With towering flames of powers rash,
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When I descended from my cave
to share my wisdom with the folk
I was then greeted by non save
an old man garbed in wisdom's cloak.
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To see within myself the play of being
I once cut myself from rest of the world
but better than in this reflective self seeing,
I found its layers in the world unfurled.
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After many years, your face appeared
No where else, but on the facebook,
Its the only clue of your existence that I have
in a long long time!
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A rendering of Ghalib in English!

It is long since I had hosted my friend
And lit my house with the sparkling wine!
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Each day from dawn to dawn
The wheel of life moves on
Unscathed on this vast swath
Dancing on the same path
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Why their priests fight? For love should rule the world!
Why they see others so offensively?
The reason is that they believe such words:
'All Gods are jealous of each other's rule! '
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My thirst is great so I don't care
Much about the glass in which,
You offered me my share of wine.
For Glass is neither poor or rich
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Nor Hector died besides the lofty Trojan gates
Nor gave away his soul Achilles in the hands of fates
The way the noble hero died and earned a name
Whose brightness will forever, put the stars to shame
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A lot of things I see today,

With different meanings, different shades;
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My past me as a captive took
And hid from me my future's look

This dungeon I inhibit long
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