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Bahar Ayee (Spring Has Come)

1 February 2010
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*By Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Translated by Ayesha Kaljuvee
Spring has come

So have returned suddenly from the past
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All those dreams, all that beauty

That on your lips had died
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That had died and lived again each time

All the roses are blooming

That still smell of your memories

That are the blood of my love for you
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Behold the faithfulness of spring

1 April 2009
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The red rose, which tears its cloak to shreds — I
for one know its motive.
The willow has let down its branches in straight
rows to make up for all the ritual prayers it has missed. (more…)