Lo the paradise would open on us, <br />Lo the showers of candles carried by angels <br />Lo the night had silvery sheen, <br />Lo the breeze is from the east. <br /> <br />What laments have you gathered dear heart, <br />Yet afraid of separation before the beloved, <br />Yet descended on the throne from heaven <br />Nay the heaven not but you are on earth. <br /> <br />Look O goddess upon thine disciples, <br />For the chants the children were running in the leaves, <br />Drops of the elixir were sold like from homes, <br />Those angels why smile so heavenly <br /> <br />O earth be witness <br />I fear some typhoons and evil eyes <br />I pass through as if like wind in spring <br />I touched few lips and kissed some hair <br /> <br />Bring down the aroma of roses, <br />My eyes in wonders looked for one, <br />Those beauties had the pervasiveness of sweet <br />Languid looks. <br /> <br />I would rather die for the innocence, <br />And for the wide thin legs like antelopes <br />For a while I thought, <br />What would be paradise sans devil <br /> <br />She would rule by her beauty, <br />They would worship her for her beauty, <br />She would then smile and laugh, <br />An incomparable happiness would she harbor. <br /> <br />Then the moisture of the night, <br />For the day was already over, <br />Only sweet dreams and to rise uo again, <br />She was the lover and bnot the killer. <br /> <br />Will the grace of your innocence and beauty, <br />Descend on me, <br />Would your happiness be the cause to untie me, <br />Would I gather the silk of your softness again.<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/white-nights-ii-paradiso/
