Mustofa Munir Poems

With an altruistic lamp of love in my hand
I grope around for you in the darkness,
In the shadows and in the light.
Oh! I am nearing to a whirlwind!
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When the clock of civilization has
Lost its sense of time,
To my friends I offered warmth,
Blessed forgiveness to my enemies,
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I'm the traveler, the southwardly wind,
Toward an unknown land I began travelling at the end
Of spring! The land where neither death nor night exists!
At the parting moment heart fills with happy tears,
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In a swarthy night with waves of
Circling smoke a burning pyre blazed on me.
O my beloved soul, here I am!
Come back! Show me the daybreak,
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If you want to see my face
Create a mirror,
If you want to address my heart
Come back to me with your gifted self,
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From within the forms of an opulent ambience
A leaf I see is liberated from a tree,
It rejoices its gliding with the wind,
When I release a kite in the sky
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Like a mountain-daughter
You descended to my altar of love,
It was a moment
I could not flee from,
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Deep in sleep

Deep in sleep my wearied Nightingale,
The pallid flaccid flowers of evening
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The sun I saw when I took birth—
Not that one now hanging over my head,
That sun I wanted to see shining again,
That sun dawned the horizon and
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‘Tis now dawn, open up the door,
Wake up O dear
Little girl! The birds are chirping over
From the Jui-branch there,
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