XXI. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Unto the old man, who sigheth after youthfulness, say-What is this? laughest thou at thy beard, old man?Since in a ...
Unto the old man, who sigheth after youthfulness, say-What is this? laughest thou at thy beard, old man?Since in a ...
Upon the difficult path of love, there is exceeding peril:Every footstep I take thereon, my life in danger I place.Shouldst ...
What is it, but a sound and healthy body,Which, more than empire and sovereignty, is preferred?Altho' the world's wealth is ...
Were thine heart a little compassionate, how good it would be!Were a little of thy love bestowed upon me" how ...
I am intoxicated! I am a worshipper of wine! I indulge! I indulge!Give ear, O censor! dost hear me? I ...
If, for once only, she will show her face from the veil,She will take the diploma of beauty from the ...
Of them, who always placed upon their heads the cap of vanity,The black hair hath now become, like unto white ...
When of the circumstances of the wise are the ignorant aware,Who, through their own foolishness, are worthless and despicable too?A ...
From out of the clear, azure flask,O cupbearer! bring thou unto meA full goblet of that potent wine,The remedy for ...
Since those dark eyes of thine are such enchanters,My boastings of devotion and piety are wholly unjust.With these eyes I ...
I never will carry my face unto the mirror again,Nor will I again anoint mine eyes with antimony!Never more will ...
There is lamentation everywhere, from the hand of death!In every place, in every habitation, from the hand of death!'The form ...
Every moment that a person may be thus in want of employment,Than such, I hold him far better off, who ...
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