Will You Come My Love

Will you come to the great tamarind’s shade When the noon sun sends cupid with its rays To play hide and seek with every grass blade I watch the path with a relentless gaze Come my love for the world is in a daze Wear not your anklets as you come my dear Walk in discreet silence come have no fear Will you come to the quick footed river When the full moon lamp is vividly lit yet in the clouds it seems to disappear my feet in stream, I shall silently sit holding a long bamboo flute to my lips wear not jhumkas tonight, they interfere with the tune I play only for your ears Will you come to that broken bullock cart when dusk lowers its veil down to the field we shall then talk of matters of the heart and bite gently into sugar cane's yield till our lips meet in love and softly sealed Wear not your coyness leave it far behind A heart full of love you will surely find. *jhumkas are long bell shaped earrings often worn by women in the Indian countryside. Afroze For 'Romanticism in rime Royal'