As One Fears A Night Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

The voluptuous presence of demons,
Love's hidden triangle making way ahead
A surprising urbanity was around.
From beneath the beads of sweat,
Emotions playing the inner chord of desire.

The whole journey was tiresome,
In the bleak lights of the city of dreams,
So small, so full of nothing.
On the brim I looked for some sadness,
The sunset brought me enough to savour.

You hide from friends O heart in rapture,
Like the great master of Rum, you pelt them,
Away from your door and like the lover
Who fears days as one fears a night.

See everyone wears such costumes of paradise,
Such is the fragrance in the air,
Such is the luminous light like the dawn
Of early spring. Such is the smile on the beloved's
Lips. Such is the shine in the eyes of the love.