nunda bani dilbar Myaani .....
How
shall I tell you, O beautiful one,
A Heemaal, enmeshed in
your love,
Is pining, wasting away
for you -
O Naagiray, how shall I
tell you ?
Sweet thrush, you've hidden
in distant woods
While, like the wild Jessamine's,
My bloom is falling off,
petal by petal -
How shall I tell you ?
I waited like a patient
glacier,
Melting with yearning for
you;
At last, grown desperate,
I hurled myself
Into the Ganga of love.
Since you were in breathless
haste, I couldn't
See your face or pour out
my heart,
But stood speechless, with
floods of tears
Streaming from my eyes.
'Lose, if you would find
!' Realizing this,
My heart became Rama, subduing Ravana,
And the Lanka of all my
fears
Was burnt down to ashes.
Beloved, you showed no compunction
When you placed me on the
rack
And left, warning me that
no one ever
Should learn about my fate.
Breezes stole into beauty's
world,
Causing ripples of desire;
Long tresses are still
a-tremble,
And O ! the havoc in my
heart !
O breeze of love ! why do
you tease
The simple rose of my heart
?
You've made the hawk neighbour
to the bulbul -
How shall I tell you ?
Which jealous dame has won
your ear
To make me lose your love
?
You were always guided
by others' views -
How shall I tell you ?
I've come to offer you all
I have -
The pieces of a broken
heart.
Alas ! like the masval.
that's all I have ! -
How shall I tell you ?
I've been fading away like
the morning dew
From the day you drifted
away,
When I had a long lingering
look at you
And reeled - 0, how shall
I tell you ?
I would gaze long at the
path you took
But they are watching my
eyes.
I hear they're going to
put a watch
Soon over my beating heart.
O rose-faced beloved, forsaking
me,
You turned your heart to
others,
On worthless thorns you
lavished love -
How shall I tell you ?
Mahjoor, in his own wistful
way,
Says this to his childhood
friend:
You've exalted stature,
high esteem -
O, how shall I tell you
?
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