Chagrined

When you left, you took more
Than what you thought;
It was not just my love
But all my love and my peace too
Why did you have to go?
Were our steps never in rhyme
Were my eyes too high, my step too slow?
And now that you are not here
I look for you in the women i meet,
Verily they disappoint, [...]

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Bhartihari – the poem of social comedy

I came across this a long time ago.. and i find it particularly amusing – even more so with what i have seen over the past few years and continue to:

She who is always in my thoughts prefers
Another man, and does not think of me.
Yet he seeks for another’s love, not hers;
And some poor [...]

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Rubaiyyat

This is a rubayii that i once found, ages ago, written on the door of room 142, H10. It has always held special meaning to me, and i posted it to Minstrels:
Ah, Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire!
Would not we shatter it to bits – and [...]

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A million wishes such – reprise: The ghazal by Mirza Ghalib.

A poor attempt to translate the feelings behind this beautiful ghazal by Mirza Ghalib. English cannot capture the intricacies of Urdu.

हज़ारों ख्ह्वाहिशें ऐसी की हर ख्ह्वाइश पे दम निकले
बहुत निकले मेरे अर्मां लेकिन फिर भी कम निकले

निकलना खुल्द से आदम का सुनते आये हैं लेकिन
बहुत बेआबरू होकर तेरे कूचे से हम निकले

मुहब्बत में नहीन है [...]

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Protected: Songs

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Allelujah

Yes. I am happy.
My Love is in my arms
I have no more reason to grieve
The song of despair I now cease
It is raining and there is a rainbow
~*~

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