GLOOM-FILLED SPRING

You have not come,

And my night of waiting,

Does not end.

And dawn, like me,

Keeps going and coming,

Again and again,

In its bid to catch a glimpse,

Of your lovely  form

No flower does bloom,

No wine is sipped,

How gloom-filled

This Spring does pass.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

TRANSLATION OF EXCERPTS FROM A POEM BY LATE FAIZ AHMED FAIZ.
POSTED ON MARCH 7, 2010.

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