vesi vanta darda baagas aamut
bahar aasya.....
Friend, has
springtime come to the garden of love,
And is my sweetheart out
enjoying love's bloom ?
The breeze will wake up,
at break of dawn,
The sleeping flowers in
all beds.
But I wonder if the bulbul
would be awake !
Amazed at his tireless mission
to stain her name
From pole to pole, the
dew-drenched masval asks the breeze
'Could a soul like his
have ever known rest ?'
I am unburdening my heart
to the rose,
For I may never get a chance
to speak
To my love when I meet
him face to face.
How cruelly he forsook
me after clipping off my wings !
Has ever a bird been left
crippled and wounded thus ?
A new amorous passion fills
his heart,
Or malicious whispers flood
his mind.
Else, why without cause
his stony stare ?
I said: 'Stay a moment;
hear me with patience !'
He said: How long am I
to listen to your endless plaints ?
The blackbird said to the
crow: 'How senseless
This cawing ! When you
see that he is drunk,
How can his heart be awake
?'
Mahjoor, both aul and bulbul
are all ears to what you say.
I hope the discerning understand
what that implies !
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