Religion
V: Everywhere the lords of love have become disgraced…
Translated by H. G. Raverty (1867) · From Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans (1867)
Everywhere the lords of love have become disgraced and dishonoured;
And neither tone nor harmony, absolutely, hath the rebeck of love.
Like as the dew, the mountain of Kaf it will displace also,
If the sun of love should rise over the head thereof.
What shall I say unto thee regarding this wave of calamity,
When equal to the firmament itself is the bubble of love?
That heart, which may for itself love's ermine acquire,
The vicissitudes of it are changed into peace and repose.
The thoughts of her, O Shaida! will never leave my heart;
For such a countenance I have beheld in the dream of love!
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Shaida, Kazim Khan. “V: Everywhere the lords of love have become disgraced….” Translated by H. G. Raverty. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kazim-khan-shaida/4/.
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Shaida, Kazim Khan. “V: Everywhere the lords of love have become disgraced….” Translated by H. G. Raverty. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kazim-khan-shaida/4/.
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