Twilight in Delhi.(Poem)

From: Poetry | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan | Copyright information 
 
Twilight in Delhi 
 
   To my eye the pleasures of the world are nothing but dust. 
   Except for blood, what else flows in the guts? 
 
   Turned to dust, the wings are now a spent force; 
   they might even blow away on the winds. 
 
   Who is this coming towards us with the very face 
   of heaven, his path strewn with roses, not dust? 
 
   I should have been kind to myself, even if she wasn't. 
   How I have wasted my breath for nothing! 
 
   The mere thought of spring makes them ...

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