BILINGUAL POETRY BOOK (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/959857-BILINGUAL-POETRY-BOOK REVELATION Fashion it is to reveal; But my torn clothes I conceal. Flowers ask the gardener: Why favour but one colour? Though he owns me, in fact he Verily depends on me. Picked up or ignored to pale, Roses are destined to wail. My heart was pricked by a thorn, Which I can’t forget, nor mourn. M C Gupta 18 June 2006...[Read Full Post] Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:44:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/434291 LET THE CINDER BURN Let the cinder burn yet more, Let wailing heart pine yet more. In the stark, lonely darkness, Let lonely spark shine yet more. Don’t lament your fate. O rose, Let the petals drop yet more. Let the pricking of the thorn, Bring out piercing cry yet more. In the season of the fall, Let all be barren once more...[Read Full Post] Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:19:16 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/419729 I WISH YOU HAD BEEN MINE I wish you had been mine, and, Your beloved, I were; In love valley, together, Shyly we would whisper. Evenings would have been fragrant, Nights would have been so sweet; Each gesture would have conveyed The love message discreet. Let’s recapture once again Memories of days gone; When I drank deep from ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:05:36 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/406942 A DAY WILL COME:award winner [Poem written on thirteenth day of Iraq war] A day will come when the black world Will reflect a different hue; Darkness of night will be no more, When sun will shine for me and you. A day will come certainly when, Freely the winds of love will blow; When every lip will sing a song, And, with love every he...[Read Full Post] Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:29:23 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/352287 CAUSE OF RUIN—rated 5 by 2 viewers [Thoughts on being ruined in love] How was my heart so torn apart? Why tell now when I’ve no heart? I did rejoice when her I found; Reality, though, did astound. I lost the heart that I had won Fate of love is known to no one If pain in love is left behind, Why love at all the fairer k...[Read Full Post] Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:19:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/351076 FROZEN FLAME [Describes how Love has metamorphosed the lover/beloved--a bilingual poem] I was a mere frozen flame, But your touch did me inflame. I was just a thought, abstract, You came and made me a fact. I was hazy, misty trace, You came and gave me a face. My life was melancholic, Till you played some magic trick. I was ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:08:46 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/351032 LEARNING TOO LATE [Feelings of a person wandering aimlessly and unsuccessfully in pursuit of love] I have learnt how to live now When life is ending somehow Aimlessly on paths I go, They, silent, pity me, though. Rebuked by all and sundry Lure of love no more for me Even those who lack nothing Have from face a smile missing ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 30 May 2005 09:59:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/350329 WOMAN’S CRY FOR JUSTICE [Woman cry against injustice in a man's world where women’s rights and feelings are trampled.] Man needs woman as his mate, Yet he can’t her tolerate. He wants control over her, Her life, her breath and whisper. Though man is totally free, Her freedom, does not like he. Like footwear ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 30 May 2005 09:08:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/350325 WOMAN IS HUMAN [A woman pleads to be treated simply as a human being, not as an icon of virtue and purity] Let me be a human being, Goddess I don’t want to be. Do not worship me; please don’t Make an idol out of me. You wish me to be so pure; I’m so thankful to thee. Sacrifice me not, O world, On the cross of purity. ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 30 May 2005 05:08:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/350308 PROSTITUTE— a semi-ghazal [A woman, unable to find work, is forced to sell her body to feed her baby] For my wail, buyer is none; For my truth, buyer is none. Morals carry no value, For morals, buyer is none. I cry for my sick baby, For tears, buyer is none. I sell body to feed him, But, for work, buyer is none. I am pros...[Read Full Post] Sun, 29 May 2005 16:25:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/350142 LIGHTNING: a semi-ghazal [Describes how each glance and gesture of a beautiful woman can pierce the hearts of men] Like lightning, each your gesture is, With thousand silent messages. Not I alone, O beauty queen, Charmed by you whole the mahfil is. Even for those on verge of death Your smile truly like nectar is. Hold back these ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 28 May 2005 13:19:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/349933 MEETING IN NEXT LIFE [Thoughts of a true lover, hoping to meet the beloved in next life, if not this one.] With memories, I carry on. With wounds in heart, I carry on. Why wonder I am still living? With broken heart I carry on. I may one day yet meet my Love, With this vain hope I carry on. For love I will give up my life, With su...[Read Full Post] Sat, 28 May 2005 09:06:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/349908 TEARS—a semi-ghazal [Describes the grief of a lover whose love remains unreciprocated] Story of my life are tears, Memories of love are tears. As I write my love tale sad, From my pen flow out but tears. My youth which bubbled with zen, Now is plagued by constant tears That love gift I got from you Is now soaked in gloomy t...[Read Full Post] Thu, 26 May 2005 10:29:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/349551 MEETING YOU [A saga of romance--translated from the original Hindi/Urdu Ghazal] Your one word just took my heart. What unfairness on your part! You came nigh and I got numb, Eyes stuck on you, tongue got dumb. I cherish the woes you gave. Those shattered dreams I shall crave. I adored glance of your eye; But now only tears shed I. ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 11 May 2005 10:25:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/346524 THE WINDOW OF MY HEART [After bitter exposure to the world around, the poet shuts off from the world]. To world at large I’m closed today, My heart’s window I’ve closed today. Sometimes came in through it cool breeze That lulled me and put me to ease. Sometimes came in through it winds hot That scorched my hope and...[Read Full Post] Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:12:29 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/341006 WOMAN’S CHALLENGE [Woman, subdued for centuries, confronts man.] Man ought to respect woman, Else he loses respect. Disrespect to womanhood Renders manhood suspect. Why shout at me or hit me? Why on me all this try? Come and be a man indeed, Look at me in the eye. Tell me what upsets you so? What foul deed have I done? Why ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:28:44 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/340853