[English Ghazal] Ghazal

Your thoughts made me write this Ghazal
Soaked in the darkness of night, this Ghazal

You sought it in bright colourful meadows
Hidden in purest hues of white, this Ghazal

The separation and the crescendo of pangs
Etched painfully at their height, this Ghazal

Into my frozen thoughts you breathed life
and born then was a delight, this Ghazal

Hitherto forgotten our days of yore
a longing now does ignite, this Ghazal

The clock will tick as blood trickles down
and a dying “Mahfuuz” will recite this Ghazal


Vijay © 24th January, 2006