On the waters of the seas and oceans <br />In rivers and streams flowing down <br />When the lightness of the feet curved <br />On toes shortened like the Ming’s long <br />In freedom on the west sky your soul <br />I shall bring in my palm the ice of arctic <br />The anklets of the waters making whirl <br />On the silvery surface ambience metallic <br />With moon the tambourine as my eyes <br />In wonder stare to the miracles of moves <br />In imprints I longed to see again the lips <br />Reddened with cherries as you smiled <br />In heavenly company and the night <br />Warm feelings that melted into the cold <br /> <br />The night of dreams but where is it again <br />I looked to the morning star before rooster <br />Under the cool of the wall in the home <br />With high roof as the impressionist’s <br />Many hopes I counted in my heart to live <br />Your love but the distance of the days <br />The nights apart as my chest wet in tears <br />To the soothsayer and in the book of love <br />I looked my fate as the cruelty of time <br />One day but tell me how many days <br />To that one day and how prolonged <br />In sweet memories to the sleep I went <br />4/3/2009<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-nights-apart/
