KASHMIRI SONG

by: Juma

OU never loved me, and yet to save me,

One unforgetable night you gave me

Such chill embraces as the snow-covered heights

Receive from clouds, in northern, Auroral nights.

Such keen communion as the frozen mere

Has with immaculate moonlight, cold and clear.

And all desire,

Life failing fire,

Died slowly, faded surely, and sank to rest

Against the delicate chillness of your breast.




TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY LAURENCE HOPE (1865-1904)

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