Oh would it today, that memory fails, <br />memories waft from billowing sails. <br /> <br />Candles of desire, snuffed, taint. <br />ravish abodes of yon acquaint. <br /> <br />obtains naught that moment mars. <br />sores, flowers or distant stars. <br /> <br />Account oh not! yon fleeting seasons. <br />Of days; lived, suffered, past reasons. <br /> <br />Howsoever spent these listless days. <br />Blame ye why, the lifeless sways. <br /> <br />Now no welling moan, if ever was. <br />Forget, not bemoan the fated cause. <br /> <br />So often desires, withered wishes, <br />diminish not the distance, swishes. <br /> <br />Sometimes those that move on, <br />inspire not the heart, are better gone <br /> <br />Islamabd <br />(Oct 15,2009) <br /> <br /> ** <br />Adapted rendering: <br />Originally in Urdu… <br />by Ahmad Faraz <br />A noted, very well known, contemporary and acclaimed poet…<br /><br />saadat tahir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/would-it-memory-fails-1510/
