Verses Inspired By The Rubaiyat Poem by RAJ NANDY

VERSES INSPIRED BY THE
RUBAIYAT

(I)

Let's fill up the glass in our life's feast,
Wihout which life remains incomplete!
For who knows when we will meet,
With the empty jar lying at our feet!

(II)

From those dimples on your rosy cheeks,
Let me drink my wine my love;
And stain those lips with the colour of
vine,
And like the blooming rose your lips
shall shine!

(III)

Let those dimples on your cheeks be my
chalice and cup,
From where my life's ale I will slowly sip;
As I savour it's taste and smack my lips,
For soon like the rose I shall droop and drip!

(IV)

The wine I drink to my past,
As all regrets dissolve, since nothing lasts!
Let's shun all our worries and fears,
Before the present gets swallowed in yester -
years!

(V)

And when your beauty slowly fades,
And shadows darken all the shades;
The future unfolds with coming years,
The present foreshadows all future years!

(VI)

Come my beloved while we sing and play,
Let the seasoned wine of life display;
With the golden eagle let me soar,
Till I become a speck and is seen no more!

(VII)
This life with its many coloured dreams,
Where things appear as a waking dream;
I wake to dream and dream to wake,
Things are not what they seem!

(VIII)

And in my dream I saw a passing show,
Where phantom figures did come and go!
But with the breaking of the day,
Those silhouette figures did melt away!

(IX)

Like the leaves of Autumn our lives are
shed,
To lie beside the graves of the dead!
Fresh buds with time again does sprout,
As Spring brings forth a glorious day!

(X)

So let's not ever regret the past,
Nor fear the future which never lasts;
Let's live this day as if it is our last!
As those golden hours soon turns to dust!

(X I)

Time loves to sit on Butterfly's wings,
Which lives in moments and by the hour!
Yet the Butterfly has time enough to dance
and sing,
And lay it's eggs on the blooming buds of
Spring!

-Raj Nandy
New Delhi
15May 08