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| Sweet Love, bitter Death |
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| jaihoon |
| 07/14/05 at 23:07:48 |
| Sweet Love, Bitter death! * * * * * * * ** * * * - Jaihoon http://jaihoon.com/egoptics/sweetlove.htm Love is a sweet and selfless feeling Before the beloved, the heart is kneeling Lives are given even before its request Lovers may jump to fire if faced with test ‘Your wish is my command’, says the lover With the heart in his hand. ‘Anything and everything you say My soul is in your sweet sway’ Ah! But last night in the love’s chamber Majnun made to Leila a strange whisper “O sweet one. Prior to your death, Let me be placed below the earth Every Friday shall I wait for your gift The 7-versed prayer as your hands lift (in prayer)’ I can bear anything but your parting Solitude hurts even before its starting May God give you much courage, if- I live not, and you live in such age” Death is indeed so bitter and harsh In front of it, love too becomes selfish Death makes the love go sour It knocks uninvited on lovers’ door The heart then thinks of none but its own, Not even the one to whom it love shown. He is ready to die first, But not suffer in her separation first. O reader! Sweet love, bitter death- Who dare deny this truth? * * * * * * * * * * Notes We all fear death. But more fearsome for some of us is the absence of our dear ones. We are are ready to embrace death but not the absence of our loved ones. When it comes to love, we make sacrifices for others. But with the same sincerity, we ask our loved ones to suffer the pain of separation instead of us. 7-versed prayer : Sura Fatiha, the first chapter of Holy Quran, which is traditionally recited near Muslim graves for the benefit of its residents |
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