WHAT A PLEASURES HE FOUND
Original in Persian by Ghalib
Translated by Ravi Kopra
You say you’ll keep my heart, “if lying around I found.”
What heart now to lose? Our destiny, haven’t already I found?
The essence of life through love I found
Curing some pains, unending suffering I found
Enemy of my heart is my own beloved
Shrugs off my sighs, hears not the complaints I found
In her playful innocence and games
Her cunning challenges I found
The buds blossomed today, I looked into my heart
Past sufferings of wounds and bleedings I found
I don’t know the where-abouts of my heart
But whenever I lost it, by you it was found
The preachers admonitions threw salt on my wounds
Would some body ask him what pleasures he found ?
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