WHEN FIRST I LOVED

by: Taj Mahjomed

      HEN first I loved, I gave my very soul
      Utterly unreserved to Love's control,
      But Love deceived me, wrenched my youth away
      And made the gold of life for ever grey.
      Long I lived lonely, yet I tried in vain
      With any other Joy to stifle pain;
      There is no other joy, I learned to know,
      And so returned to Love, as long ago.
      Yet I, this little while ere I go hence,
      Love very lightly now, in self-defence.
      TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY LAURENCE HOPE (1865-1904)

"When First I Loved" is reprinted from India's Love Lyrics. Trans. Laurence Hope. New York: John Lane Co., 1906.

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