Aniruddha Pathak Poet Ghazal

Give me such grief, O God

Ere I die, such a life give me, O God,
That I get unaware of me, O God,

So that my heart’s pain hover not on tongue,
Lifeless helplessness so heavy, O God,

That, on gulping oceans I go quenchless,
Give me quenchless quench so dreary, O God.

Give me downpours of pain, night of sorrows,
When did I say make me happy, O God?

Unknown to all, known to none, I remain,
Give me such madness so crazy, O God.

They all want to be happy in this world,
Did ye give happiness any, O God?

So, give me what ye give, madness crazy,
Only the mad seems happy be, O God.  
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Ghazal |23.07.2025| prayer, life, irony
Note: Based on an Urdu piece by Harsh Brahmabhatt

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