May Recall Him Not, How Can I Forget

I may try not to fret for him, How can I ever forget him? Pretending to sing a ghazal, But hum him in mind, only him, I may try and not recall him…. He hurts all over like rose spikes, But can’t if ever upset him, The sores sting all over my flesh, I still hug, heavens, can’t hate him, I may try and not recall him…. People recall their lost dear ones, My lifetime’s mate, I muse for him, Left all alone, whom I talk to? Where I go, whence do I get him? I may try and not recall him…. He, once my choicest of date, On verge of goal’s gate I lost him, Dismayed, nor would it amaze me, If I’m now an old date to him, I may try and not recall him…. _________________________________ Ghazals |02.08.2023| remember, love Poet’s note: Free translation of an Urdu Ghazal by Ahmed Faraz