YOUR YEARNINGS (POETRY)

Your Yearnings (Poetry)

Dr. Muhammad Ali Manjhi

Translated by: Jam Jamali

Your Yearnings,
Like ardent lovers,
Often ring a bell,
In my inner temple,
And ignite aloes
Whose incensed fumes
Pervade the air

Your yearnings,

Like devote devotees,
Come dancing in ecstasy
Jingling anklets
On their whirling limbs

In my inner temple
Your yearnings,
Often cast a spell!!
Your yearnings
Often ring a bell

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Published in: Pakistani Literature, Vol.16, 2013 No.01
Pakistani Academy of Letters
h-8/1, Islamabad