My life without your company,

I do not mind the pangs,

For cactus has inspired in me

The dreams of spring and you.

 

My shattered heart and so much light! 

I do not know the cause.

Was it the shooting meteor

I saw lighten the night?

 

The city lies in darkness

Even when day has come.

The sun with hope defeated

Is living an eclipsed life.

 

The world in lurking mirage trapped,

And deceptions all around,

The lapping waves in lakes beyond

Are nothing but sandy traps.

 

A bunch of thorns in heart concealed

A bouquet held in hand,

A master of deception but hard to detect.

He lurks in our midst.

 

Spring has descended

On withered boughs of memories

And brought along its wake for me,

A bouquet of light for weary sight.

 

Dreams that keep the trees alive

Through all the changing seasons,

Are that the birds would come some day

To build their nests and sing.

 

To fend the mirrors against flying stones,

To keep them safe from hazards all,

Give them a shield of the very stones,

That threatens mirror's  life.

 

Let us venture out and look together

For lands where clouds are blessings

Where clouds can bathe our thirsty souls

In life nourshing rains.

 

                                                                        (Translated by Ishrat Roomani)