Let the mouth of the liar, forsooth, be filled with dust;
But kiss the man’s mouth, that uttereth truthful words!
Every deed that a man doeth shall not be concealed:
Did any one tell thee to kindle a fire, and make no smoke?
If thou knowest that there is a reckoning in the next world,
Then mind to scrutinize well thine own acts in this also.
The fountain of thy mouth is both colocynth and honey;
Therefore, see thou pour out thy sweetness every one upon.
When the affairs of religion, and of the world come before thee;
Before worldly matters, first those of thy religion discharge.
In order that the fragrance of the musk-pod be disseminated,
Show unto me those dark tresses and sable ringlets of thine.
‘Tis the season of spring! O cupbearer, bring, bring the wine!
And add the delicious dessert of thy lips thereunto.
Do not, to-day, O Zealot! impede the drinking of pure wine;
When the spring shall have passed away, then prohibit it.
Since it is not free, for a moment, from the fire of love,
Hast thou, O God! the lover’s breast a chafing-dish made?
In the era of thy sweet countenance, I am Jahangir Shah-
Sit near unto me: practise the caresses of Nur Mahal!
These dark eyes of thine are, in themselves, black calamities;
Who, then, told thee to make them still more so with kohl?
Shouldst thou, O Khushal! profess sanctity a thousand times,
When a pretty creature cometh near thee, to kiss her take care!
(Khoshal Khan Khattak)
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