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O bright lightning, let me gaze
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At you, bewitching in your splendour !
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With equal thunder in town and village,
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You blazed over Ahrabal, and down
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Via Khanabal, showering the nectar of love.
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Your zigzag form, like wavy hair
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With plaits twirled all over the golden curls,
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Or like wild flowers on sinuous stems !
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Going to your husband's home in the evening
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With bridal dress of sparkling starch,
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You turned back soon to rush to your father's
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When you peeped under the curtain, we got a glimpse;
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You too saw the whole world at a glance,
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And soon wrapped yourself up again.
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Which sage gave you the secret truth
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That the world isn't good for spotless souls ?
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O yemberzal, does that make you keep away ?
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O gorgeous shape, if the world is evil,
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Why do you often gaze at it ?
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What desire draws you, O masval ?
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What does it mean, you being attired
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In red robes from top to toe ?
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Does it signify innocent blood ?
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Your precious torch flames its light,
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Now and again, to show the path
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To those who have lost their way.
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O blazing torch of the high skies !
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Whom does your light seek so late at night,
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Or you just love playing hide-and-seek ?
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Fate has played foul with Mahjoor,
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Giving him as comrades total strangers,
Who mistake his pearls as dust !