Crazy my love for the Lover beyond reproach;
Alas for the heart that drinks her poison hooch!
She gave me her lips again and again, but now
I can’t remember who, or when, or where, or how!
My memories have all gone the way of vagrant dust:
All my thought stumbles about in the swirling past.
I dance with a Jinn who has stolen my rhythm,
And leads me about with an alcoholic spin!
But her eyes! They are lies; yes they are lies that cheat
And inspire me to drink yet again with glances sweet!
All my life lies between her lips and my divan;
Her taste lingers and excites- but the sober yawn!
The fault, my dear, does not lie with the beloved,
But with the artless Darvish drunk and decrepit!
Darvish Saheb,
I’ve not been reading your blogged poems for very long, but must say I like this one best among those seen so far. Fare forward!
cheers,
d.i.
Thanks!