There was a time when I loved alone <br />Without dream or friend <br /> <br />There was a time when your love was untrue <br />When I endured such torment that <br /> <br />I don't remember anything now but <br />There was a river ... or a villa ... <br /> <br />You confused my heart so much <br />That love shrank to a riddle <br /> <br />Yet had I been the slightest bit disloyal <br />You would almost have taken my life <br /> <br />Time is like the snakes <br />Devouring jasmine in my courtyard <br /> <br />Who can I tell, this sad evening <br />How bright the line of fate once was on my hand? <br /> <br />[Translated by Nukhbah Langah and Lavinia Greenlaw]<br /><br />Noshi Gilani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-was-a-time-when-i-loved-alone/
