Love
Mayhap my sorrowful heart
Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook (1919) · From Hindustani Lyrics (1919)
Love
Mayhap my sorrowful heart
Did not deserve thou shouldst bestow on me
Thy priceless love, but neither did it merit
Thy cruel tyranny.
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MLA
Janan, Mazhar Jan-i. “Mayhap my sorrowful heart.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mazhar/2/.
Chicago
Janan, Mazhar Jan-i. “Mayhap my sorrowful heart.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mazhar/2/.
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