A BEAUTIFUL LOVE POEM TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU LANGUAGE....

1. ARosaryofLove
On the rosary oflove,eachbreath is a
conversation withmy beloved
Iknowwhom Iloveand who is loved
by my beloved
On the rosary oflove,eachbreath is a
conversation withmy beloved
There’s a loverinthe
temple,and there’s a lover
in the mosque.*

2. On the rosary oflove,eachbreath is a
conversation withmy beloved.
Drowned in the oceanoflove,
Iam merely areflection ofmy
beloved.
Ihave been beading andbreathing my
rosary ofloveuntilthe eveofmy life
On the rosary oflove,eachbreath is a
conversation withmy
beloved

3. We are goodfornothing until wego
crazy in aconversation withthe
beloved
On the rosary oflove,each
momentofbreath is a conversation
with my beloved
My belovedis notto beblamed, for
my belovedis infallible
On the rosary oflove,each
breath is aconversation
with my beloved

4. Ijust have a badreputation formy
ownconversations with my beloved.
On the rosary oflove,eachbreath is a
conversation withmy beloved
Poet: TufailHoshiarpuri
Translated by: Mabel Khawaja
Trinity ~October
2009