Love And Life (Rubaiyats)

(i) The sun shines a lovely bright But I cannot say all is right The world has its strange ways Was it the same in olden days? (ii) Love brings with it thorns But lover is oblivious, born To be drunk on the beauty of the rose The pricks are barely a bitter dose. (iii) Empty roads don't belong to you Destination is farther than sight Sole feet get tired too soon Without love, short is the flight. (iv) Butterflies, around the flowers, dance The lush grass in exhilaration warms Withered flower can only wail For the garden is still beautiful. (v) In the blistering heat of summer Your love is the shade of trees Don't prune the branches, dear I want to be happy sans fear. Nosheen Irfan © 2016 All Rights Reserved