Love
Like silver torrents flow thy words to me
Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook (1919) · From Hindustani Lyrics (1919)
Like silver torrents flow thy words to me,
But ah--I have no voice to answer thee.
My heart thy words have burnt with whips of fire,
Do they not burn thy lips, O Heart's Desire?
Thy promises are broken every day,
Yet--See my faithfulness!--I hear you say.
Candle-like wastes my body all these days
My flame-like tongue endures to sing thy praise.
O Hasan, I have spoke and sighed and sung,
Yet never from my heart my tale was wrung,
My secret grief can never find a tongue.
Cite this poem
MLA
Hasan, Mir. “Like silver torrents flow thy words to me.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mir-hasan/0/.
Chicago
Hasan, Mir. “Like silver torrents flow thy words to me.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mir-hasan/0/.