Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali Ghazal And Poem English - Page 1

Let's see my eager eyes, where finally rest.

Would to God this intimacy a happy ending finds,

He did love me before but not with such a zest.

Getting used to the pangs of love requires a life

complete,

The wound of heart is not yet at its painful best.

He for whom I'm dying is a being unique,

There may be millions like you for you alone I thirst.

The prayer for renouncing love cannot bear fruit.

If the heart doesn't endorse, words lose effect.

Hali you have come to seek the thrill of lilting song.

Too late in the day you come where at night you

By whom of all I got enticed!

Why dost thou grow so intimate?

Severed from you I can't survive.

You are prone to self-display.

How long can you your visage hide?

Go meet the rival if you like.

Be frank with me do not beguile.

None was there to tempt and try,

Thus was saved my virtuous pride.

What I dreaded like death itself,

The time of parting has arrived.

Hali ties the height of shame,

My feet itch for desert tracts.

Whose thought agitates my breast?

Streams of tears flow unchecked.

His missives are getting plaintive in tone,

Our union sure would take effect.

Even before we find our feet.

Death clamors for our breath.

Unusual calm pervades our life,