Double Captives Poem by Reza Raza

As if the lightning vine, the song of distant stars in her eyes-
I am reflected in those eyes.
Krishna by born I desire love all the time.
Bankrupt heart by silent love hears the strict law of iron chains.
Yet the unquenchable thirst for water awakens in two Swallow hearts.
Water is born and blood clots are raised by the waves in the windmill.

On the bosom of the fickle wind hangs the doll of a fallen life;
Its breath brings the color of every coin to the sound of stone.

Flying in the blue wind, you are the butterfly, the senseless flight of the moth-
I am imprisoned in an abstract bond.
Songs of day and night play in the pupil of your eyes in broken signals
Like a rare riddle with broken ribs.
At night in desert, two unintelligible laments are carved in the air-
The meditation of Ajanta is in her eyes.

You are Malvika melancholy Manjulika, the fragrance of flower held in hands;
Water accumulated in the corner of the eye of the universe.
All time lover of the vagabond wayfarer on the shore of love
Like a single point of light at the top of the pitchblack night.
The sun shines on your face, the colorful glow it brings to romance
It is like the glory of a few stars in the stream of time.