Love
The wound upon my heart glows bright and clear
Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook (1919) · From Hindustani Lyrics (1919)
The wound upon my heart glows bright and clear
With such a steady and unwavering light
That in the darkness I shall have no fear
And need no lamp to guide my steps aright.
When of the darkness of the grave I hear,
The night of death, and all the pangs thereof,
I reck not, for one thing alone I fear--
The night of separation from my Love.
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MLA
Nasikh. “The wound upon my heart glows bright and clear.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nasikh/1/.
Chicago
Nasikh. “The wound upon my heart glows bright and clear.” Translated by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nasikh/1/.
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