On the lover's ground so befell <br />The autumn leaves from the tree <br />Gathered on lush grass round around <br />When the lonely girl from abound <br />To the bark for much astound <br /> <br />Like the beauty turning seventeen <br />From sixteen and like the moon <br />From thirteen to fourteen before the fall <br />And the sun at the end of journey from the east <br />Red azure on the top of hills of Margalla sunset <br /> <br />Distant memories and like the fallen leaf <br />The beauty that like the sparrow to the nest <br />Around the tree with a crescent walk <br />To be taken in picture before another autumn <br />With the willow whose branches were crimson <br /> <br />I would have for the evening on flower pot <br />With mud mixed wine to drink listening <br />Yet another story of love and beauty <br />She shot her glance into my eyes <br />To say and to read all that remained unsaid <br />Like the lonely moon that kissed for the last <br />The autumn leaves that flew away with breeze <br />2/12/2009<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/autumn-leaves-29/
