In the dark cavern of my soul He lit a spark of light,
We did not meet, so what? of him i caught a sight.

That closeness however has fallen to my rival's lot,
The fun we had over little tiffs is now forgot.

The wounds of parting have healed and hurt no more,
You sleep in peace again, I am at rest as before.

When I have nothing else to do,i ask where has our love fled,
Does it lie beneath the earth or swallowed by the sky and dead.

How long will you lie on the corpse of days gone by,
Wretched ones awake, the sun is high in the sky.


- Nasir Raza Qazmi.
translated by Khushwant Singh.