How long upon our lives you prey?
Why don’t you hunt our lives’ thief?
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I spent my life chasing my wishes
Whomever to I said I loved you,Turned to my foe, why my luck ravishes?
I put my arms around your waist,
From your resolve it’s obviousAll my efforts will go to waste.
In its beak, a nightingale had a roseleaf of exquisite color
I asked, ‘Wherefore lament and cry despite this union fair? ‘He said, ‘In this, the beauty of the Beloved do I share.’If the true Beloved sat not with us, there is no room for grievanceA prosperous King was He; and the beggars He held in abhorrence.Our pleas and cries affect not the Friend endowed with…
RETURN! that to a heart wounded full sore
And Life shall pause at the deserted door,The cold dead body breathe again and burn.Oh come! and touch mine eyes, of thy sweet grace,For I am blind to all but to thy face.Open the gates and bid me see once more!Like to a cruel Ethiopian band,Sorrow despoiled the kingdom of my heartReturn! glad Lord of…
With good company and harp and reed
The warmth of wine runs through my veins,Why should I succumb to my greed?
Spend time with wine by a stream,
My life, like a rose, is but few days;Youthful and joyous live this dream.