Without you

Mir Mahboob Ali

Love dwells in my heart

Forever eternal.

Desire burns my soul purer

Forever eternal.

My hands are soaked

Forever with softness

That you are.

For me you are the glow of life

And brightness of my eyes

Without you I am nothing

But ashes, lifeless, inert,

Obsolete dust, dried grasses.

Like trees without leaves,

Thirst unquenched.