Love
What thou hast done, never an enemy
Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook (1919) · From Hindustani Lyrics (1919)
Love
What thou hast done, never an enemy
Would practise on a bitterly-hated foe;
And yet, my friend,
I took thee for a friend, and did not know.
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MLA
Janan, Mazhar Jan-i. “What thou hast done, never an enemy.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mazhar/1/.
Chicago
Janan, Mazhar Jan-i. “What thou hast done, never an enemy.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mazhar/1/.
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