mahbooba k saath mohabbat main khoobi se lagay hue
kya aadmi ko yoni-ling k alfaz bhool jane chahiye?
kya mohabbat main doobi aurat ko
vyakaran, bhasa-karan wale logoN ke hi sath sona chahiye?
apni jaane-e-jaan ko main ne kuch bhi na kaha
lekin uske sab dulte dulte dil-chahat wale lafzon ko
main ne apne suitcase main daal diya
aur kucH na bolay, bhagta chala gaya.
***
When a man is in love
how can he use old words?
Should a woman
desiring her lover
lie down with
grammarians and linguists?
I said nothing
to the woman I loved
but gathered
love's adjectives into a suitcase
and fled from all languages.
-Nizar Qabbani
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