Ghazal - Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Let the breeze pour colors
into the waiting blossoms
unlock the warehouses
where those colors are stored
Oh Love now return
so the promised springtime may finally begin
There is weeping in the prisons
friends say something
just speak
today
if only for the sake of God
let her name pass through a cage
From the corner of your lips
let the dawn begin
at least for once
and let it be fragrant
the night which will descend
when you open your hair
My heart is poor
it needs no reminding
but it holds all the wealth of longing
on hearing your name
I'll always return
once again become the one
to share your sorrow
Whatever the pain
I endured its every moment but
Oh Night of Sorrow you weren't diminished
my tears made sure
you would remain a legend
even in the afterlife
She goes to the office of desires
to see who's still listed
in the ledger of lovers
we are already there waiting
our shirts ripped to threads
in our hands those threads
(proof that we were faithful)
tied stubbornly into knots
After farewell Oh Faiz
nothing could hold you back
nothing at any stop was worthy of desire
from her street you walked
straight to the district of executions
you climbed the steps to the gallows
lost yourself in the hangman's arms.
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