Umid Ali writes

THE BEGGED LOVE

You came to me for love,

Pure and pure,

A love –

I couldn’t give you.

You came to me for love,

For a wisdom and pride,

But I refused.

You came to me for love,

To save a soul,

I couldn’t have pity.

You desired love… and went,

And left your soul too,

Now I desire a love for me,

With the sense which you deserted…

…I can not die even.

 

--tr. Asror Allayarov, from "The Gate Opened by Angels"


Love Ends with the Pain -- Shree Krishna Adhikari