Hasrat Mohani Ghazal And Poem English - Page 1

O, why at all did I express my heart's desire?

Meeting you, me thought, will bring me calm content,

But I find my heart unsettled still more.

Strange was the state of my heart when I read your

note,

The tumult of desire stirred a storm within.

My life-long devotion, with such humble zeal.

Has instilled in you a sense of false pride.

My heart cannot find rest on any side, in any form,

Your bewitching eyes have cast what a strange

spell.

Your love so elevated the status of the hearts,

Particles have sun-like grown, droplets like the river.

How dare he expel me from your court?

But I knew he had received your prompting too.

It's  wrong to call the joy of love a source of calm

content.

Love is now proclaimed without least reserve.

Did I say anything? Why you gone cross?

This is giving a verdict without hearing the case.

The Saqi has now kindly grown even to the poor.

We too are favored now with the dregs of wine.

Words can't describe how restless was my heart,

When from my love I was constrained to part.

Memory of my faithless love haunts me all the time,

l can talk of none but her, be it morn or eve.

l have learnt to find joy in hope piled on hope,

Waiting for my love too now gives delight.

Where is it now, Hasrat, your pledge of self-control?

crave?

How can mere wishing change the course of fate?

Silence alone, if anything, change the course of

fate?

To what boot eloquence in the presence of your

friend?

Memories of the happy days are fading from my

mind,

Shall I ever see those perfect sights again?

The kindness of my friend was a dream of nascent

love,

Have such dream ever been realized?

You impatience, Hasrat, immaturity betrays,