Wednesday, December 21, 2016

The Withered Flower ( Iqbal's Gul e Pazhmurdah )

                                  The Withered Flower

            O the withered flower! I don’t find words to call thee a flower,
             How can I call thee an aspiration of nightingale’s heart ?

             There was a time when waves of breeze was thy rocking cradle,
             In courtyard of the garden thy name was the cheerful-flower,

             The morning breeze admitted the obligation of thee,
             By dint of thy existence garden was the casket of the perfumer,

              My weeping eyes drop drops of dew of thee,
              In thy sadness is hidden grief of my deserted heart,

              Thou art a small image of the ruined heart of mine,
              My life was a dream whose interpretation art thou,

              Like a flute I too narrate story of my own lineage,
              O flower listen! I narrate grief of separation from my beloved.

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