QUATRAINS BY ME AND DAPHNE

Emmenay:



She is dazzling, my beloved Daphne, even though veiled,

And I praise my Creator Allah for, where others failed,

He created the embodiment of good and supine womanhood,

And she stands out as His artistry -- before us, praised and hailed!





Daphne:



I am but a woman loved by the man,

Before whom I see no one ever can,

Stand and compare himself as he is mine,

And I am his eternally in time's span.

I owe everything but to my Lord God Allah,

And then to my beholder* who loves me, "Wallah!"*,

I am Naveed's Saqi and can be none but his,

So O ye all, just say: "MashaAllah"!

And remember this, as I announce here, today,

Even If I part from my Naveed, by him shall I stay:

My soul shall implore my Allah and so it will be:

I shall be beside him, God-willing, till Doomsday.



Emmenay:



With your dark silky tresses acting as the night's peace...

I forgot even wine as you made time cease...

O my departed dearest even tonight please come...

And do all you can for my spirit's release....

Author's Notes/Comments: 

*SAQI: THE PERSON, USUALLY A BEAUTIFUL VEILED WOMAN, WHO SERVES WATER/DRINKS TO THE GUESTS OF HER HOST, USUALLY HER BELOVED ONE. HERE IT REFERS TO DAPHNE...(For reference, read the poems: FRIENDSHIPS; A FLOWER CALLED DAPHNE: SHE; HER SMILE AND OTHER POEMS WHICH ARE ALSO POSTED HERE...

*NAVEED: MY MIDDLE NAME AND OFTEN A PART OF MY FIRST NAME.,,AS EMMENAY IS MY PEN NAME.

*WALLAH!: IT IS AN EXCLAMATION OF PRAISING GOD ALMIGHTY WHO IS KNOWN IN ARABIC, PERSIAN, TURKISH, URDU, HINDI AND BENGALI AS ALLAH.
*MASHAALLAH: ANOTHER EXCLAMATION WHICH MEANS WHAT GOD WILLS HE DOES...OFTEN USED WHEN ADMIRING SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING...BY THE MUSLIMS.

THIS COLLABORATION OF QUATRAINS WAS COMPOSED A LONG TIME AGO...AND I HAPPENED TO FIND IT IN ONE OF MY OLD DIARIES...AND AFTER READING IT, DECIDED TO POST IT HERE.

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