On the far horizon waved some flicker of light <br />My heart, a city of suffering, awoke in a state of dream <br />My eyes, turning restless, still dreaming, <br />the morning, dawning in this vacuous abode of separation <br /> <br />In the wine-cup of my heart, I poured my morning wine <br />Mixing in the bitterness of the past, the poison of the present <br /> <br />On the far horizon waved some flicker of light <br />far from the eye, a precursor to some morning <br />Some song, some scent, some unbelievably pretty face <br />went by unknowingly, carrying a distressful hope <br /> <br />Mixing in the bitterness of the past, the poison of the present <br />I proposed a toast to the longings on this day of prison-visit <br />To the fellow drinkers of my homeland and beyond <br />To the beauty of the worlds, the grace of beloved's lip and cheek<br /><br />Faiz Ahmed Faiz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-incarceration-of-loneliness/
