Let us speak of separation, <br />Separation is king. <br />A body that does not feel separation, <br />Is dead body. <br /> <br />We are all born in the house of separation, <br />We are children of separation, <br />We receive it, we swallow it, <br />We are on this earth to bear it. <br /> <br />In the temple of separation each one of us <br />Burns like incense, <br />Without separation every odor of life <br />Would perish. <br /> <br />From separation emerges <br />This earth, this sky. <br />From separation originates the sun <br />And the days revolve. <br /> <br />I was supremely fortunate that this separation from you, <br />Attached itself to me. <br />Without it I would have been just a piece of clay <br />In an empty graveyard. <br /> <br />Today all the world is mine <br />And all the skies. <br />Today every color sways <br />In my courtyard. <br /> <br />Why, my soul, like a woman, <br />Do you long for union? <br />Do different directions <br />Ever meet? <br /> <br />I must extract the very essence of fragrance, <br />For I have been given the gift of separation, <br />For the sake of this separation <br />I would give up a hundred births. <br /> <br />Let us speak of separation, <br />Separation is king. <br />A body that does not feel separation, <br />Is dead body. <br /> <br />[Translated from 'Birha Tu Sultan' by Suman Kashyap]<br /><br />Shiv Kumar Batalvi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/separation-you-are-king/
