There Was a Time When I Loved Alone

There Was a Time When I Loved Alone

There was a time when I loved alone
Without dream or friend
 
There was a time when your love was untrue
When I endured such torment that
 
I don't remember anything now but
There was a river ... or a villa ...
 
You confused my heart so much
That love shrank to a riddle
 
Yet had I been the slightest bit disloyal
You would almost have taken my life
 
Time is like the snakes
Devouring jasmine in my courtyard
 
Who can I tell, this sad evening
How bright the line of fate once was on my hand?
 

Original Poem by

Noshi Gillani

Translated by

Nukhbah Langah with Lavinia Greenlaw Language

Urdu

Country

Pakistan