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Ghazal
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Slide ever so slowly O Life,
I’ve many a debt to meet still,
Many an ache, pain to treat still,
To do some duties discreet still.
Some were upset in daily drill,
Some lost life's bet, some feeling ill,
Those upset, to welcome back still,
To win back the weary ’s wit still.
Some desires stuck are as dreams still,
Some work be done, debited still,
To heal hurts and harms of heart still,
Bury the dead, soothe bereaved still.
Some bonds that whilst bonding bore chill,
Links broken down on the anvil,
Nurse wounds of all relationships,
Tie up all these pending tasks still.
So, O Life, walk ahead of me,
Can I ever live without thee?
To whose blessing breathes my life,
Can I ever defeat its will?
Slide ever so slowly O Life,
I’ve many a debt to meet still,
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Ghazal |11.12.2023| life
Poet’s notes: The year 2023 is about to bid goodbye. So is the life being lived. The poet here entreats time to slide by slowly, he has many a thing to do. Translation of a Hindi piece.
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Ghazal
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An unceasing explorer of the woods of birch and maple until this moment,
I wish to weave my dreams of soothing repose in this moment.
Every day has painted a tangled image since echoing centuries,
I wish to compose a disentangled moonlit ballad in this moment.
Strange norms have been followed by mighty emperors of past,
I wish to water the gardens of burning graveyards in this moment.
Many grievances have been carried on this journey till the end,
I wish to absorb uncontrolled stillness in this moment.
Perturbed over the fate of burning desires to be drowned or banished,
I wish to let the flowerbeds bloom with peace in this moment.
Several books have recited stories of ages long gone,
I wish to enlighten the future civilizations in this moment.
Exhausted existence shivers to spiral on the wheel of life,
I wish to live a few more ages at leisure in this moment.
Newborn sparks have waged wars to blaze till now,
I wish to build my fire from ashes in this moment.
The rush on the surface explodes inside trembling minds,
I wish to melt the chains of uncertainties by introspection in this moment.
Hundreds of words fusing into stories have been written on paper,
I wish to pen a tranquil memoir on snow in this moment.
Oh the questions that my companions have asked me,
I wish to float to their answers on Earth in this moment.
The mirror has reflected conversations of virtue with me,
I wish to ask a few upfront questions in this moment.
Those that departed left their footprints on the sand,
I wish to know myself before getting forgotten in this moment.
Congregations of enchanting melodies and poetry prevail,
I wish to orchestrate a ghazal(an ode) of blissful solitude in this moment.
**Poet's Note: I write Ghazals using Urdu words in my own language but I have never written poetry in Ghazal form in English. (Thanks to PS, I got to know Ghazals could be written in English language too!) This one is an old musing of mine written using words from Urdu language in Hindi(Devanagari script). I have kept only one word as it is over here.**
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