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Sweetheart, save one languishing
for love !
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Let me rock you in my arms,
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And seat you in my eyes !
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Love's licking flames have burnt up my peace;
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Silent anguish will finish me young -
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Maybe, it will bring you relief !
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What anger shook your faith in me
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To make you slowly drift away,
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Leaving me so forlorn ?
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I gathered rose buds of delight,
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But winter's claim came soon
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After the brief lease of summer and flowers,
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Brushing aside many a hungry desire !
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Enticing me in blooming youth,
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You soon forsook me, retaining
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Not a grain of your pledged affection !
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May you live as long as Ruma Rishi,
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You are beautiful - the evil eye be spared !
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But your beauty makes you vain ! You forget
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Each bush bears a thousand identical flowers !
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Being cross with me, you chose other belles.
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I faced the mockery of rivals and friends,
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becoming a target of public taunts.
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The houries of Paradise marvel at your features,
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Your elegant stance, your winsome gait, and consider
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The whole universe as not even your shadow
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I cry night and day, longing for you,
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But it makes no dent on your compassion.
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O, why do you assume such apathy, my love ?
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Your barbed shafts and arrows of veiled hints
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Bore holes in my heart - my bosom only a lattice
now !
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O, don't shoot arrows dipped in venom !
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How does Mahjoor vanish from your mind,
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When his thoughts are the same as yours ?
Is it done giving up your dearest friend
?