Ghazals Of Ghalib

The Almighty Of Rekhta

Mirza Asadullah Khan (Ghalib)-27-12-1797(Agra) To 15-02-1869 (Delhi)

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Symptoms Of Love

 

 

 

(by Robert Graves)

 

 

 

 

Love is a universal migraine,

A bright stain on the vision

Blotting out reason.

 

 

Symptoms of true love

Are leanness, jealousy,

Laggard dawns;

 

 

Are omens and nightmares-------

Listening for a knock,

Waiting for a sign:

 

 

For a touch of her fingers

In a darkened room,

For a searching look.

 

 

Take courage, lover!

Could you endure such grief

At any hand but hers?

 

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