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O friend,
my mind is all distraught !
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Who weaned my lord of love from me ?
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Whose witchcraft made him hostile ?
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I taught the bulbul songs of love -
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Songs that woke up all the flowers.
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But I ignored the bird of the mind !
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When I poured out my heart to the smiling bush,
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The flowers were all aflame with a tearing passion;
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I quenched their fire with my tears.
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My manifestation, bearing both infidel fragrance
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And the colour of the faithful, amazed the garden,
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And all hearts of stone decamped in fright.
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I posted the poshinool at flower beds
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To reveal the truth with a sensible mind,
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And inscribe the same on the petals of all flowers.
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I dyed my robe in the colour of the sky;
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But since it manifested constant change,
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My own true colour was lost.
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I wanted to know from the horoscope
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The date when he and I would meet.
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But the jyotshi went wrong, and I was lost.
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My many complaints made me lose him at Chhanazal
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(Did he suspect a hidden attack ?)
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At Tosmaidan he was angry, and I lost him again
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Waking up the dew-drenched bud from sleep,
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I saw that he wouldn't last, and gave him
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The wine of love, and left him full of nectar.
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I bedecked myself with eagerness,
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And scent from my body floated wide;
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But he chose rather to see my mind !
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I made Mahjoor sing songs of love
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Which alone can chase the blues away.
That's how I composed my distracted heart.