The Garden Of Bright Waters
The Garden Of Bright Waters
One Hundred And Twenty Asiatic Love Poems
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a disciple of Abdel Qadir Gilani,
And my songs are as beautiful as women and as strong as love; And your hair is a panther's shadow.
And my songs are as beautiful as women and as strong as love; And your hair is a panther's shadow.
Your ring is frosted with rubies....
Muhammad Din awaits the parting of your scarves;
Tilai is standing here, young and magnificent like a tree; And your hair is a panther's shadow.
_From the Pus'hto (Afghans, nineteenth century)._
GHAZAL OF MIRA
The lover to his lass: I have fallen before your door.
I came to ask for alms and have lost my all,
I had a copper-shod quarter-staff but the dogs attacked me, And not a strand of her hair came the way of my lips.
The lover to his lass: I have fallen before your door.
The lamp burns and I must play the green moth.
I have stolen her scented rope of flowers,
But the women caught me and built a little gaol
About my heart with your old playthings.
The lover to his lass: I have fallen before your door.
Mira is a mount
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