Ruba'i III

by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi




I was Time's prisoner. Now
I'm sad at my release.
The sound of the breaking chain
is a sound of mourning.
No doubt it was debasing
to be chained. But that
was a pain I swallowed
with a smile in my heart.







[mai;N vaqt kaa bandii thaa rihaa))ii kaa hai ;Gam]
translated by the author