Why?

Why do I remember my alien beloved?

Wow! Radiant, sparkling mirror of moon

Where spick-and-span looks every boon

Where dream-like image is foggy soon

Why do I remember my alien beloved?

When the sun is folded by light breeze

When cuckoo carols with piercing tune

When the sky is lightened with moon

Why do I remember my alien beloved?

When an outburst of grief is gruesome

When the passions are not overcome

Such a beauty I had seen is seldom

Why do I remember my alien beloved?

When memories of past haunt my mind

Like numerous clouds in the sky we find

When the distressed heart is left behind

Why do I remember my alien beloved?

Author's Notes/Comments: 

The poem is adapted from an old Urdu movie song.

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