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O Love
O Love, Romantic And Inspiational Poetry Of Khalid Hameed Shaida |
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To My Beautiful, Beautiful Marjorie And it was love at the very first sight She filled the gulf of my empty life And on my knees when I fell and begged She graciously said she’ll become my wife Contents Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Show me the light; show me the way 2 Marjorie 3 O once I heard a mystic say 4 Of love and bondage 5 I’m so proud I must be mad 6 So come on, baby, let’s have fun 7 Come, look at me and give me a smile 8 O if you fell for a beautiful girl 9 Don’t say don’t 10 I just can’t win 11 Oh, how I love that girl of mine 12 No, I don’t want to be in love again 13 O come and see your lover’s plight 14 Oh, I’m so lonely; I’m so blue 15 Oh, it’s the same all over again 16 The breeze is bringing the scent of a friend 17 Some good in life we ought to do 18 I want to be hit by a thunderbolt 19 O give me back my peace of mind 20 So please come back and deceive me again 21 Put on your best and wear a smile 22 So I’m the Romeo of the lovers’ lore 23 If only, darling, you’ll give them a chance 24 Make me, O Lord, your worthy slave 25 No peace to life did it ever bring 26 Yes, go, my love, but before you go 27 O look how fast the things can change 28 You can’t help loving those gorgeous girls 29 I think I’m falling in love with you 30 O before you fall for a beautiful belle 31 May they last forever and ever 32 From here to eternity 33 But it’s all right; I don’t really mind 34 I see in her face the glory of God 35 So sigh you not O heart of mine 36 Her hair, it's cruel the way she ties 37 So go and beg for the mercy of God 38 To make me jealous, she thinks, it's fair 39 He loves her dainty, precious nose 40 But I love you more, a whole lot more 41 Oh, how it reflects your beautiful face 42 I know you won’t come but don’t say no 43 I do; I do 44 This night is endless; it gives me a fright 45 So love is not all hunky-dory 46 But she has no right to break my heart 47 She tells me to take some Tylenol 48 She becomes a goddess and looks divine 49 She robs and plunders your heart and soul 50 And make me loving, most of all 51 So close to me and yet so far 52 And think his heart is a piece of meat 53 Now repent I must 54 I moaned, and groaned, and sighed, and cried 55 So don’t be a fool; be a good diplomat 56 And never, never will I let you go 57 He has to be there 58 My nights are dark without your moon 59 The great turmoil in my soul does cease 60 This love long distance is not for me 61 Tough love 62 I’m afraid it’s all a little too late 63 She also flirts with all my friends 64 I’m totally shattered; I’m falling apart 65 O my heart, my poor little heart 66 They come back as flowers 67 O let me see you once in a while 68 Reveal yourself, O Lord, to me 69 My self-control I cannot trust 70 May I hold your hand, my dear? 71 What a fool I was 72 O when you’re away 73 But still, my love, you do need love 74 So, baby darling, some mercy show 75 That fateful night 76 And soon I knew it was no more 77 You love me not 78 O wait till you see the vision of God 79 Be nice and give your lover a break 80 Come kiss me once and kiss me twice 81 O it was nice my knowing you, dear 82 Your beauty, love, will last forever 83 But still I say it’s most unfair 84 Your mate and lover O let me be 85 I love you, I love you, I do, I do 86 O what do I do; O what do I do? 87 In love, we all know, everything is fair 88 So go and love with your heart and soul 89 I miss you, I miss you, I miss you a lot 90 No, I will never get tired of you 91 People in love don’t say good-bye 92 I’m your lover, a full time lover 93 I love you, I love you, I love you so 94 I’m not going to fall in love again 95 No one can love you as much as I 96 Until you hear the rooster crow 97 Someone like her you cannot find 98 And we’ll both live in eternal bliss 99 O please, I beg you, leave me not 100 The all-encompassing nothingness Advertisement Preface The author, Khalid Hameed Shaida, was born in Delhi, India on December 1, 1929. He became a doctor in Pakistan in 1953 and joined Pakistan Army. In 1957 he moved to the United States and later practiced medicine in Canada and the United States and retired in 2000 at the age of 70 years. Fearing retirement at the age of 65 he interested himself in Persian and Urdu poetry and started translating the great Persian masters, Khusro, Hafiz, Ghalib and Iqbal in his mother tongue Urdu. His Urdu translations have been published and reprinted in Pakistan many, many times since. In 2008 at the age of 78 he became interested in English poetry and began translating Persian and Urdu poetry in English. He became a member of www.writing.com and began displaying his translations there. And because the public response to his English poetry was very encouraging, he continued. He has since published six books, "Khusro, The Indian Orpheus", "Amir Khusro, The Nightingale of India", "Hafiz, The Voice of God", "Hafiz, Drunk with God", "Ghalib, The Indian Beloved" and "Faiz, A Wailing Nightingale", in paper, electronic and audio forms. These are being sold by many of the renowned online book sellers all over the world and the response has been very good Encouraged, the author started writing his own English poetry and is now daring to publish a hundred of his own poems in this volume. Shaida writes about love and beauty. He can become quite inspiring when he prays to God: You sent me here to do some good And try to establish a brotherhood But this holy mission I misunderstood And made only, instead, a livelihood You sent me also your people to serve And your moral code to strictly observe But from this mission I often did swerve And always remained behind the curve So I come to you in great dismay My life is in total disarray O I’m a sinner, I’ve gone astray So, O my Lord, I pray, I pray Show me the light; show me the way Myself your servant O let me call And a sense of Justice in me install And me with compassion O please enthrall And make me loving, most of all O God, O God, O God, O God Then he starts to ask some difficult questions: Although by nature I am devout When I reflect I begin to doubt I start to wonder why I exist And what this world is all about? I start to wonder why I am here And why is it what I see and hear And why I love and why I hate And why I hope and why I fear? And ventures to answer a few of them: O once I heard a mystic say When he was getting quite old and gray That God didn’t make the Garden of Eden Somewhere out in the seventh heaven He made it in our Adam’s mind As a thing to be built by the humankind On a rocky sphere called Planet Earth The home of man and a place of his birth In the spiral arm of the Milky Way To bring forth flowers in the month of May Where people could live in peace and ease Away from hunger, war and disease And the fruit God said man shouldn’t eat Was only because it was bittersweet It made him into a god-like creature With moral judgment an exceptional feature Now he had to choose between good and bad A choice, he wished, he never ever had He now had to fight and fight the sin In a constant battle which was hard to win And then, when he thinks of afterlife, he cannot resist becoming mystical: One night when I was in my bed An angel came to me and said That he had come to take me away Because he had heard that I was dead……… We flew and flew until we came To a place which had no real name And when I asked if it was hell or heaven He said things there were all the same And then he told me not to guess For this was in essence, more or less Of what was real and what was not This all-encompassing nothingness From the other world he inevitably turns to the world of sense and when he sees all these beautiful girls, he cries out: Your beautiful, beautiful brown eyes They charm, and enchant and mesmerize Your red, red cheek that, like a flower Has every heart under its power Your juicy lips with ruby red wine Are sugary sweet and simply divine Your golden curls when flying in the air Cause in every heart the fire to flare Your slender neck and your bulging breast They win every heart without contest Your comely hips and your narrow waist They lure every heart, however chaste Your shapely legs and your dainty feet They cause every heart to miss a beat So may they last forever and ever And lose their charm they never, never, never When men I see in the lovers’ lane Kissing the girls again and again In my wounded heart I feel the pain I get so lonely; I feel so blue So when those lips I want to kiss And when that bosom I want to press And when that body I want to caress Don’t say, baby, don’t say - don’t And then he becomes playful and wants to have a little fun: O yes, I know it’s a beautiful night The moon is shining and the stars are bright But still there’s something that’s not right For in my chest it feels very tight I think I’m falling in love with you You know I’m not that kind of a guy I do not sigh and I do not cry And I’ve no trouble in saying good-bye But now of yearning I’m going to die Because I’ve fallen in love with you Men, say the girls, you cannot trust They do not love; they can only lust But let me tell you, it’s very unjust It's men who suffer and who go bust So yes, I’ve loved some girls before But I love you more, a whole lot more Okay, okay, you may be right But, baby, it’s a beautiful night So let us drink and let’s get tight And let’s be loving and let’s not fight Sure I’ve loved some girls before But I love you more, a whole lot more And lastly: O once there was a darling doll And she was slim, and trim, and tall She used to flirt with one and all And in so doing she had a ball And then there was this older guy Who fell in love with this butterfly To see her face he’d try and try And when he couldn’t, he’d sit and cry He tried to stay all dignified And kept his pain and grief inside But when his love he could not hide He hanged himself and quietly died So love is not all hunky-dory And can be glum, and grim, and gory And often it makes a sad story Which when we hear, we all feel sorry Khalid Hameed Shaida, MD Email: khalmeed@aol.com Web: www.writing.com/authors/khalmeed 1 Show me the light; show me the way I come, O God, in great dismay My life is in total disarray And I’m a sinner; I’ve gone astray So, O my Lord, I pray, I pray Show me the light; show me the way You sent me here to do some good And try to establish a brotherhood But this holy mission I misunderstood And made only, instead, my livelihood So I come to you in great dismay My life is in total disarray O I’m a sinner; I’ve gone astray So, O my Lord, I pray, I pray Show me the light; show me the way You sent me also your people to serve And your moral code to strictly observe But from this mission I often did swerve And always remained behind the curve So I come to you in great dismay My life is in total disarray O I’m a sinner; I’ve gone astray So, O my Lord, I pray, I pray Show me the light; show me the way And now that I am so old and weak And everything appears to me so bleak I am very ashamed; I can hardly speak And your forgiveness I’ve come to seek So I come to you in great dismay My life is in total disarray O I’m a sinner; I’ve gone astray So, O my Lord, I pray, I pray Please forgive me and show me the way 2 Marjorie I came to the U.S. looking for her After I saw her in my dream Oh, she was beaming and she was gleaming And looking so pretty, I could scream My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie Somewhere in the north of Ohio There’s a place of great renown Here they make the finest glass And proudly call it Toledo Town My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie So in this place called Toledo Town She was born and she was raised Here she grew up to become a belle And was admired and widely praised My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie And here one day when she was home In came there charging a handsome lad And when he swept her off her feet She said she’ll marry him and he was glad My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie She was happily married with many kids But then one day the cruel fate Came in and said his time was up And took her young and vigorous mate My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie So then she went up to Carrietown And decided to sell the real estate There I met her buying my house And could not wait to ask for a date My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie And it was love at the very first sight She filled the gulf of my empty life And on my knees when I fell and begged She graciously said she’ll be my wife My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie And now we are in the south of Texas In a beautiful place you cannot miss It’s a friendly wood near a clear lake And here we live in eternal bliss My beautiful, beautiful Marjorie My darling lovely Marjorie She’s my life; she’s my soul Oh, how I love my Marjorie 3 O once I heard a mystic say O once I heard a mystic say When he was getting quite old and gray That God didn’t make the Garden of Eden Somewhere out in the seventh heaven He made it in our Adam’s mind As a thing to be built by the humankind On a rocky sphere called Planet Earth The home of man and a place of his birth In the spiral arm of the Milky Way To bring forth flowers in the month of May Where people could live in peace and ease Away from hunger, war and disease And the fruit God said man shouldn’t eat Was only because it was bittersweet It made him into a god-like creature With moral judgment as an exceptional feature Now he had to choose between good and bad A choice, he wished, he never ever had He now had to fight and fight the sin In a constant battle which was hard to win So I’ve the feeling our mystic was right For he had acquired a deep insight It’s now our duty to battle the vice And build on this planet a paradise 4 Of love and bondage Yes, God has given me the brawn and brain But He also gave fate, my terrible bane I’m in love with her; keep out of it It’s none of your business, O pain, O pain Her eyes, her nose, her mouth, her cheeks Her brow, her hair, and its braided chain Her neck, her breast, her waist, her legs Her graceful pace and her stately train She smiles, and charms, and lures, and flirts From hurting her lover she doesn’t refrain She hunts, and chases, and traps, and preys She is cruel, and callous, and not humane They say I’m crazy; I’ve lost my head But I’m not deterred; I’ll do it again I’ve tried my luck; I’ve loved and lost But her faithful lover I still remain 5 I’m so proud I must be mad O Burning Bush, come use your fire To light my heart and soul entire Come burn my heart with a sudden flash Then make it rise from the heap of ash Look, I’m a man; I’ve immense pride Even God in Eden I have defied Like straw I float atop an ocean And think for me is all the commotion I’m a speck of dirt but think I’m God It sounds so odd but I’m never awed O don’t you think I’m totally mad For when I’m happy, I feel so sad And I’m so tired; I feel so weak That I feel doomed; my future is bleak 6 So come on, baby, let’s have fun O come on, baby, let’s have fun For tomorrow maybe we’ll have none And after all is said and all is done What’s going to happen knows no one Let’s go to the beach and play and prance Or go to the park and sing and dance Or go to Italy or go to France And eat and drink and have romance And with some pomp and extravagance Enjoy our happy circumstance So come on, baby, let’s have fun For tomorrow maybe we’ll have none And after all is said and all is done What’s going to happen knows no one They tell us life is but a dream From which we wake up only to scream And if it’s real, it sure does seem A very mysterious, strange scheme So let us, therefore, beam and gleam And make this life a joy supreme So come on, baby, let’s have fun For tomorrow maybe we’ll have none And after all is said and all is done What’s going to happen knows no one 7 Come, look at me and give me a smile Come, look at me and give me a smile And see how I behave like a juvenile My heart is crazy; it acts like a child So when it sees you, it simply goes wild The spring has come and the flowers are here My heart is aching; do something, my dear For to see you even in the valley of the dead Every lover jumps out of his old mortal bed But you also know how to hurt your lover And never to let him from his wound recover But God loves a heart that are steeped in sorrow So it can look forward to a better tomorrow And the one who loves the creatures of God Him God himself would like to applaud 8 O if you fell for a beautiful girl O if you fell for a beautiful girl She’ll simply make you whirl and twirl And if you caught her after a chase She’ll sleep all night; you’ll watch her face The bell will toll; you’ll hear ding dong And all night long you’ll long and long And when she’s up, she’ll fight and fight She’ll come on strong, and never be contrite And when you’ll beg her to sit and talk She’ll only blame you, and put you in the dock And when you’ll ask her to marry you She’ll quickly get up and say adieu And one day when you will die, my friend Even your funeral she’ll refuse to attend 9 Don’t say don’t When those lips I want to kiss When that bosom I want to press When that body I want to caress Don’t say, baby, don’t say don’t In those eyes when I want to look With those curls when I want to play And something loving I want to say Don’t say, honey, don’t say don’t When that breast I want to embrace When you in my arms I want to hold When with my hands I want to be bold Don’t say, sugar, don’t say don’t And when I tell you that you are mine And when I say for you I care And when my love I want to declare Don’t say, darling, don’t say don’t 10 I just can’t win This Love is causing my downfall My esteem and honor, I’ve lost them all Her glowing face is so very bright It’s seared my eyes; it’s burnt my sight And when she tells me that she’ll come To my excitement, oh, how I succumb But with my rival when she comes to me Oh, how it drives me up a tree And when she tells me she’s going to leave Oh, how I grieve; how I huff and heave But if she ever becomes contrite I just can’t resist it; I give up the fight And then there’s also a bright side So I should take it all in my stride 11 Oh, how I love that girl of mine O like the moon her face does shine And her lips are full of the ruby wine O she’s so lovely; so totally divine That I can’t help loving that girl of mine Her beautiful, beautiful charming eyes Oh, how they enchant and hypnotize With just a look they mesmerize So I can’t help loving that girl of mine She has the poise, and charm, and style The way she talks can surely beguile She also has such a beautiful smile So I can’t help loving that girl of mine Of killing her lover she knows the art She knows how to use her deadly dart And jab, and stab, and wound the heart So I can’t help loving that girl of mine I know she’s cruel, and she’s not kind And being in love with her is a grind But a prettier girl you cannot find So I can’t help loving that girl of mine 12 No, I don’t want to be in love again I want no sorrow; I want no pain I want no fetter; I want no chain It’s full of tension, stress and strain There’s nothing in it but emotional drain No, I don’t want to be in love again O you’re so young and fresh and new Like on flowers the morning dew A dazzling beauty through and through Always very happy and never blue And I’m too frail, too old to woo Yes, I am tempted, I do not deny And yes, your beauty is hard to defy But believe me, I’m not your kind of guy And it’s not going to work; don’t even try So you leave me alone, my sweetie pie 13 O come and see your lover’s plight O come and see your lover’s plight His crying for you is quite a sight O you, who look like the harvest moon You can turn a dark into a moonlit night Come give your lover your naughty look And see the fire that it can ignite And if you come, do please be alone And do not with you his rival invite Oh, people think your lover is mad But they haven’t seen your figure, your height And they also think he’s quite a slave But your curls when they see, they’ll say he’s right And after they see his rival’s tricks They won’t say your lover is not very bright 14 Oh, I’m so lonely; I’m so blue O why you left I don’t have a clue And where you went I wish I knew But I do know, love, what I’ve been through Oh, I’m so lonely; I’m so blue And now in the spring when the flowers come When the bluebirds sing, and the people hum My life becomes very burdensome I feel so lonely; I feel so blue When men I see in the lovers’ lane Kissing their girls again and again In my wounded heart I feel the pain I get so lonely; I get so blue And if at night there’s heavy rain With thunder and lightning of a hurricane Without you, darling, I become insane I feel so lonely; I feel so blue So come back, baby, come back please And bring me back my peace and ease I beg you and beg you on my knees Oh, I’m so lonely; I’m so blue 15 Oh, it’s the same all over again Oh, it’s the same all over again I cry, and cry, and cry in vain Yes, I was once a blessed lover And she’d call me again and again And she wouldn’t care what people said She’d dance with me and drink Champaign But gone are now those happy days I moan, and groan, and cry with pain And now she’s turned so heartless and cold That me she wouldn’t bother even to disdain But still somehow I’m in love with her So with all my pain, I cannot complain 16 The breeze is bringing the scent of a friend This waiting and waiting should come to an end The breeze is bringing the scent of a friend The bands of flowers are about to come For the spring is arriving beating the drum The rules of loving are about to change The beautiful dames are no more strange The lovers are also changing their tone They no more groan; they do not so moan Now a gal, when she hears her lover cry She comes and kisses his tearful eye Their lovers, the beauties do not berate And the lovers don’t also bemoan their fate And now when a lover is without his girl He calls not the night her long black curl 17 Some good in life we ought to do Although by nature I am devout When I reflect I begin to doubt I start to wonder why I exist And what this world is all about? I start to wonder why I am here And why is it what I see and hear And why I love and why I hate And why I hope and why I fear? I wonder why do we always fight Even when it causes such horrible blight And why we worship money and power And why we think that might is right? I wonder why we love to hate And why we trap and why we bait And why we believe it’s okay to hurt And why we never can think straight? I know it’s a very knotty issue And I’ve no answer; I have no clue But if we’re worth the salt we eat Some good in life we ought to do And though we’re odd and we’re flawed We happen to be also the children of God 18 I want to be hit by a thunderbolt Oh, since I’ve fallen in love with a gal My friend is sorrow, and pain my pal But she’s my idol, my goddess divine And if I’m sinning, it is just fine Night after night I feel her lack And like her curls my nights are black And oft in my soul I feel a revolt And I want to be hit by a thunderbolt I can’t even drink a glass of wine Without seeing in it her image divine So then I feel so terribly blue That I want to try a little voodoo And if it’d make her a little more kind Living with my rivals I do not mind In short, this loving is not any fun It has no rhyme; it has no reason 19 O give me back my peace of mind O give me back my peace of mind This love is nothing but a terrible grind I want no eye with a deadly dart To jab, and stab, and wound my heart I want no lips with a lovely smile To bait my heart, and charm, and beguile I want no gal to be false and feign And make me feel I’m loved again I do not want to again be young And let my heart be stung and stung I’m now too old to bear the pain And worry my head about loss and gain In short, my sins I’d like to atone And I only wish girls would leave me alone 20 So please come back and deceive me again O listen to me, I pray, I pray I promise, I promise I’ll never say nay I’m ready to believe whatever you say And you don’t have to worry about my pain So please come back and deceive me again And if for you I yearn and pine It is because you’re simply divine And not that I think you’ll ever be mine I promise, I promise I’ll never complain So please come back and deceive me again I know that beauties must always flirt And that they’re cruel, callous and curt And that their lovers they love to hurt But that I’m stupid, I promise to feign So please come back and deceive me again 21 Put on your best and wear a smile Your brow is like the crescent moon Your face has shine of the sun at noon And to your charm no one is immune So you put on your best and wear a smile Your lips are full of the ruby wine Your cheeks are rosy and the eyes divine Your precious nose only God could design So put on your best and wear a smile And you have such nice brown hair Its scent and fragrance you can smell anywhere And it looks so lovely flying in the air So put on your best and wear a smile You’re tall and slim like a cypress tree Your shape is as curvy as it can be And you walk and talk with dignity So put on your best and wear a smile And you’ve the poise and you’ve the style And you can enchant and you can beguile So come with me and we’ll go places Just put on your best and wear a smile 22 So I’m the Romeo of the lovers’ lore O I’m the only one for her who dies Though there’re so many who love those eyes To hide my love I tried and tried But failed I did; I could not hide My secret of love I did not impart But then they discovered my bleeding heart They also saw her deadly dart Stuck in deep in my wounded heart And now I’ve become so weak and frail That even he’s sorry, the nightingale And that I’m wretched, they all concur When the people see me dying for her So I’m the Romeo of the lovers’ lore Although she surely has lovers galore 23 If only, darling, you’ll give them a chance Their hearts around you will dance and dance If only, darling, you’ll give them a chance You know, your lovers when you come to meet Their hearts they all put under your feet And when it comes and plays with your hair Oh, how much they envy the morning air And even to preachers when it brings your scent They feel such lust, they don’t want to repent And when you leave and say, “God be with you” They can’t do without you; without God they can do And when they’re crying and you complain They feel like saying, “Don’t give us the pain” But then it becomes a great scandal When pain and sorrow the lovers can’t handle 24 Make me, O Lord, your worthy slave O all my life I’ve been a knave Weak in spirit and not very brave I only took and never gave But now my soul I want to save So before I go into my grave Make me, O Lord, your worthy slave You asked me, Lord, to go and serve My fellow humans without reserve But your commands I did not observe And your forgiveness I do not deserve But still my soul I want to save So make me, O Lord, your worthy slave O You who made the heaven and earth And gave me reason and wit at birth You asked me to go and prove my worth Instead, of compliance I showed a dearth But now I pray my soul you save And make me, O Lord, your worthy slave I know your mercy I do not deserve But I’m your slave and I want to serve 25 No peace to life did it ever bring My life all has gone to waste It has left with me a bitter taste With crying and crying though I fell apart I could not soften her stony heart Listen she would not to anything I said And no matter what, I couldn’t get ahead But resist I could not her beautiful eyes For they charm, and enchant, and mesmerize And her lovely, charming, beautiful smile It did enchant; it did beguile For a glimpse of her I would pray and pray And away from her I could never stay No peace to life did it ever bring So this love is a pretty useless thing 26 Yes, go, my love, but before you go Yes, go, my love, but before you go Just look at your lover, and see his woe And look at the gloom and see the blight And see his day, how it’s dark as night Look how he suffers, and how he ails And how he cries, and moans, and wails Look how his sky has always a cloud And see how lonely he feels in a crowd And how he copes with pain and sorrow And how his night has never a morrow But seeing his ardor you will not regret For you haven’t seen, darling, anything yet And when he’s dying, it’s quite a show He turns and tosses so to and fro And though he says he’s not perfect Look how in your love he has lost respect 27 O look how fast the things can change One day you’re so young and strong You’ve the brain, and you’ve the brawn But before you know it, things go wrong You’re old and weak; your youth is gone O look, how fast the things can change One day you are mighty and rich You have the wealth, and you’ve the power But then you slip and fall in a ditch From the lofty abode of your ivory tower O look, how fast the things can change One day you see a gorgeous lass You become her man; she becomes your gal You’re both so happy, but then alas She meets someone; she’s no more your pal O look, how fast the things can change 28 You can’t help loving those gorgeous girls You can’t help loving those gorgeous girls Those luscious lips; those comely curls For with those curls you do want to play Your hands on them if you can only lay And the girls can also be very, very nice When you, their lovers, they want to entice But they can also be ruthless and proud When they want to control their lovers’ crowd So then you feel very frail and weak And the future of your love looks dark and bleak And now if your love you want to hide Do it you cannot, and look dignified So it’s best if you take it in stride And make your love your only guide 29 I think I’m falling in love with you O I’m the same and you are too But I have a feeling so totally new A surge of passion that’s hard to subdue I don’t know what I’m going to do I think I’m falling in love with you O yes, I know it’s a beautiful night The moon is shining and the stars are bright But still there’s something that’s not right For in my chest it feels very tight I think I’m falling in love with you You know I’m not that kind of a guy I do not sigh and I do not cry And I’ve no trouble in saying good-bye But now of yearning I’m going to die Because I’ve fallen in love with you 30 O before you fall for a beautiful belle O before you fall for a beautiful belle Think of the parting, for it’ll be hell But if you do fall, don’t be so zealous For she’ll be heartless, and cruel, and callous To touch her even you won’t be allowed For she’ll be rough, and rude, and proud All lifelong you will long and long But alas, to you she’ll never belong So fall in love, but don’t be so serious For the bonds of love are totally mysterious The ways of your heart are above your head So ask not your brain; you’ll be misled And though you may be the smartest chap Don’t be so sure, you can fall in the trap But die if you must, you might as well Die for a very beautiful belle 31 May they last forever and ever Your beautiful, beautiful, brown eyes They charm, and enchant, and mesmerize Your red, red cheek that, like a flower Has every heart under its power Your juicy lips with ruby red wine Are sugary sweet and simply divine Your golden curls when flying in the air Cause in every heart the fire to flare Your slender neck and your bulging breast They win every heart without contest Your comely hips and your narrow waist They lure every heart, however chaste Your shapely legs and your dainty feet They cause every heart to miss a beat So may they last forever and ever And lose their charm they never, never, never 32 From here to eternity Do I love you? O yes I do And why do I do it? I don’t have a clue I can surely live without food and water But I know I cannot live without you Would I miss you? O yes I would And be without you? I never could So if you left me ever, my pet Could I survive? No likelihood Would I leave you? Never, never, never My ties with you no one can sever And if you chose to live with me I’ll love you, my dear, forever and ever So come, my darling, come to me Your mate for life O let me be And we will break the bar of time And go from here to eternity 33 But it’s all right; I don’t really mind I know, I know she's not very kind But it's all right; I don't really mind For I'm so used to my sorrow and pain That even when hurt, I do not complain And she is a beauty who loves to flirt And her I can never, never ever desert And yes, I have fallen in love with a lass Who never has known what love is, alas And I feel very close to her, she knows But even when near, she is never very close And bound to a lover she never can be Although her lover she’ll never set free So people are right, I'm an amateur But I'm not the only one dying for her 34 I see in her face the glory of God O when I see that beautiful broad I see in her face the glory of God And when she comes out in the street Like all her lovers I fall at her feet And when she hides away from my eyes Her in my heart I can still visualize And when I see her aiming her dart I beg her to target my lonely heart And my wounded heart, when it starts to heal To her for another I go and appeal But when she's near and not very close She greatly adds to my troubles and woes And then I feel tremendous despair And would like to kill myself, I swear 35 So sigh you not, O heart of mine Love you her I know, I know And she is a very beautiful doe And cares she not a bit for you When she knows you love her so But sigh you not, O heart of mine And do not you so wail For one day it will all be fine And then you will prevail I know she flirts with everyone And she goes out and she has fun And if she makes you wait and wait You surely aren’t the only one So sigh you not, O heart of mine And do not you so wail For one day it will all be fine And then you will prevail I know she’s cruel and she’s cold And you’re frail and you’re old And while she likes expensive things I also know you don’t have gold But sigh you not, O heart of mine And do not you so wail For one day it will all be fine And then you will prevail I know you yearn, and crave, and pine And to your fate you can resign But love, my friend, does conquer all And it’s so godly and so divine So sigh you not, O heart of mine And do not you so wail For one day it will all be fine And then you will prevail 36 Her hair, it's cruel the way she ties Her hair, it's cruel the way she ties And they're so callous, her beautiful eyes Her eyes their victims oh, how they seek And how they treat those poor and meek And look at the way she throws her darts And how she jabs and wounds the hearts And see her lovers and their miserable plight After they have waited for her all night So don't you put them under the gun Be kind to them and don't make fun And heed not people, for know they not What charm and beauty that gal has got 37 So go and beg for the mercy of God You’re not odd; you’re not flawed You know, you’ve never committed fraud You even look like a man of God But fear you must His lightening rod So go and beg for the mercy of God You’re nice and clean; you’ve nothing to hide To the poor and needy you do provide You are not haughty; you don’t have pride But we’re all sinners deep inside So go and beg for the mercy of God Your bad impulses you try to control Against corruption you want to enroll You try to clean your heart and soul But it’s hard to escape temptation’s toll So go and beg for the mercy of God Now when you hear the inner call Your heart and mind you overhaul And with your love you conquer all But do not forget, you still can fall So go and beg for the mercy of God 38 To make me jealous, she thinks, it's fair She flirts with others when I'm there To make me jealous, she thinks, it's fair I sit in a corner, and watch her eyes As they try attract the other guys And about her flirting if I do complain It's none of my business, she makes it plain And having thrown at me her deadly dart She comes to examine my wounded heart And when I'm sad, and start to cry She loves to see my tearful eye And to kill myself, when she hears, I've tried She wants to make sure that I have died And then she goes and flirts again Which simply makes me go insane So you can see her lover how she annoys And his pain and suffering how she enjoys 39 He loves her dainty, precious nose Her mouth though is like a rose He loves her dainty, precious nose And kissing her lips, when he holds her close His nose he rubs against her nose But on his collar when she smells the flower His poor little heart she does devour And on her nose when it sees the pearl His heart begins to whirl and twirl But of his love if he makes her aware She walks away with her nose in the air And even when her lover falls on his knees Her nose she turns up at all his pleas 40 But I love you more, a whole lot more I know you do not believe me, dear You seem to think I am cavalier Not at all serious and not sincere But I’m not, darling, what I appear Yes, I’ve loved some girls before But I love you more, a whole lot more Men, say the girls, you cannot trust They do not love; they can only lust But let me tell you, it’s very unjust It’s men who suffer and who go bust So yes, I’ve loved some girls before But I love you more, a whole lot more Okay, okay, you may be right But, baby, it’s a beautiful night So let us drink and let’s get tight And let’s be loving and let’s not fight Sure I’ve loved some girls before But I love you more, a whole lot more 41 Oh, how it reflects your beautiful face When the wine cup on your lips you place Oh, how it reflects your beautiful face And Venus, when she sees your brow She cannot resist and cries out - wow And the harvest moon when your face it sees It stoops to earth and falls on its knees And in your absence the nightingale It misses your lips and begins to wail And your dimpled chin is like a well That Joseph in it for life can dwell And when your hair does fly in the air Your lovers so yearn for its deadly snare And in your bedroom when they see the light These lovers sit and watch it all night 42 I know you won’t come but don’t say no I know you won’t come but don't say no Just make a promise and then don't show I am your slave; don't set me free In the bondage of love O just let me be I want no potion, no remedy Just give me a little bit of your sympathy The ailment of love is very obscure It has no treatment; it has no cure And if you want to kill me, please go ahead Just give me that look and I'll be dead But to make me jealous you don't need my foe So don't please kiss him and call him your beau My rival is crafty; he has no shame So please don't tell me it's just a game And now I realize my friends are right This love is no fun; it's a terrible blight 43 I do; I do O I’m not smart; I’m not clever My bonds of love I never can sever I promise to love you forever and ever I promise, my love, I do I do When sitting with you in a moonlit night I’ll kiss your lips and hold you tight And a fire of love I’ll try to ignite I promise, my love, I do, I do From you, my dear, I’ll never part And if you did, I’ll fall apart You’ll be my queen; you’ll rule my heart I promise, my love, I do, I do If winter came in my lovely vale Without my rose I’ll wail and wail Just like a lonesome nightingale I promise, my love, I do, I do And if you left me, I won’t ask why I’ll miss you and miss you, and cry and cry But I’m going to love you until I die I promise, my love, I do, I do So come to me, and stay by my side And I’ll make you in love my guide My queen, my goddess, my joy, my pride I promise, my love, I do, I do 44 This night is endless; it gives me a fright It's dark all over, there is no light This night is endless; O it gives me a fright I'm groping and groping, O God, O God Do send me my moon with her moonlight My love-sick heart is beyond repair O tell her to come and see its plight And the more she pulls away from me The more the bonds of my love get tight And the more from me she tries to hide The more my yearning she does excite O send her before it's all too late With so much crying, I'm losing my sight So you see with me everything is wrong Now only you, O Lord, can make things right 45 So love is not all hunky-dory O once there was this darling doll And she was slim, and trim, and tall She used to flirt with one and all And in so doing she had a ball And then there was this older guy Who fell in love with this butterfly To see her face he’d try and try And when he couldn’t, he’d sit and cry He tried to stay all dignified And kept his pain and grief inside But when his love he could not hide He hanged himself and quietly died So love is not all hunky-dory And can be glum, and grim, and gory And often it makes a sad story Which when we hear, we all feel sorry 46 But she has no right to break my heart I've lost my power; I've lost my sway O whatever I had, she has taken it away I am not to complain; I am not to cry I'm supposed to bear it, and ask not why? My pain and sorrow are eating my heart I'm totally broken; I'm falling apart She's very beautiful; yes, it's true But no one loves her like I do I know she's gorgeous; I know she's smart But she has no right to break my heart My heart is full of tempestuous blood And when it bleeds, it causes a flood So I think she should be nice to me And give me a little bit of her sympathy 47 She tells me to take some Tylenol “My heart is hurting”, when I say to my doll She tells me to take some Tylenol And when I tell her my heart is aching She thinks it's nothing; I'm only faking And when I say that my heart is brittle She tells me to go to a nice hospital And when I shed my blood in tears She thinks it's funny and simply jeers But how do I tell this darling miss That she can cure me with a simple kiss And that my life wouldn't be so bleak If I could only see her rosy cheek And that this lover wouldn't so crave If she'd take him and make him her slave 48 She becomes a goddess and looks divine O when in the saloon refuge I seek I see in the wine her rosy cheek On the face of moon what appears a blot Becomes on her cheek the beauty spot She, like a candle, brightens my night And being a moth I leap to her light So when for her I feel the lust My prudence and reason, they all go bust Of my love and lust she's the fountainhead And she can also raise me from the dead And in the locks and curls of her golden hair My poor little heart she can easily snare But when for me she brings the wine She becomes a goddess, and looks divine 49 She robs and plunders your heart and soul She says she'll come but I can't be sure For my pain and sorrow O there's no cure In the path of love there is only despair It's dark and twisted much like her hair So when you're in love with a beautiful dame You feel so helpless, so weak, so lame For she only comes to take control And to rob and plunder your heart and soul And finding her lover so weak and meek She plays the game of hide and seek You yearn and yearn, and pine and pine And she won’t even give you a glass of wine And then they all tell you not to complain For in love you grin and bear the pain 50 And make me loving, most of all O God, O God, O God, O God You gave him brain; you gave him brawn You gave him Earth to forage upon You brought him from Egypt and Babylon And gave him Paris, London, and Bonn You made him the lord of dusk and dawn With all the might of Pentagon And the savvy of the Valley of Silicon But still he chose to be a con And of mighty Satan a willing pawn O God, O God, O God, O God But ‘him’, O Lord, is really me For I’m as bad as I can be A willful sinner of nth degree But now I feel much agony Because way out I cannot see And need your pity, your charity So please, O please do set me free From this so ugly depravity O God, O God, O please my God Myself your servant O let me call And a sense of justice in me install And me with compassion O please enthrall And make me strong and make me tall And make me loving, most of all O God, O God, O please my God 51 So close to me and yet so far You’re always, darling, within my heart And from this abode you’ll never depart And you’ll always remain my sweetheart But then I wonder why you are So close to me and yet so far? I know it’s probably a little fib So very offensive to the Women’s Lib But people tell me you’re my rib And if it’s true, then why you are So close to me and yet so far? So logic though I do not command And the right answer I cannot demand But still it’s difficult to understand My baby darling, why you are So close to me and yet so far? The answer may be, because you are My darling Venus, my brilliant star 52 And think his heart is a piece of meat O when your lover you go to see Do give him your love, not sympathy And don't be alarmed if you see a mess For he is a chump in great distress In his woeful heart live sorrow and pain For it's their home and their domain His vital organs they like to eat And think his heart is a piece of meat His heart his eyes are supposed to protect But this is a duty they often neglect And they also know that every flower Does lose with time its beauty and power These beautiful flowers all come and go So you, my dear, you should never say no And your poor lover, you should realize That it's for you that he cries and cries 53 Now repent I must O please don't worry about my pain It is my problem; I cannot complain And you can't help being callous and cold For that's a habit, I have been told I'm sick and tired of my crazy heart So come, my love, and take it apart For a heart for you is only a toy So don't hesitate and come and destroy Oh, you look so beautiful when you're cross That your being angry is never a loss And on your kindness I have no claim And if I've lost you, I'm only to blame And yes, I'm a victim of my passion and lust For which I know that repent I must 54 I moaned, and groaned, and sighed, and cried I moaned, and groaned, and sighed, and cried And without you, darling, I almost died The twists and turns of your every lock I sat and counted them around the clock But the more I bore my sorrow and pain The more you showed me your disdain All night I was walking to and fro While you were sleeping with my horrible foe But my heart is used to troubles and woes And that it's your captive, it also knows And while the young are foolish and bold My heart is proud of being silly and old And though a lover you can easily discard I just can’t take it; it’s very, very hard 55 So don’t be a fool; be a good diplomat O yes, she's callous but don't call her that And don't be a fool; be a good diplomat And no matter how much she gives you pain Don't call it that, and don't ever complain You'd want to tell her what is in your heart But you will never be able to make a start And even when she would like to know You will never be able to tell your woe And when she would try to flirt with you What should you do, you won't have a clue But when they say you worship your belle Tell them yes, you are an infidel 56 And never, never will I let you go I’ve been looking and looking year after year To find a gal like you, my dear And now that, darling, I have found you here To no one else will I let you near And never, never will I let you go And now that you I’ve finally found We’re going to live on a higher ground In a loving spell we’ll both be bound And on magic carpet we’ll fly around And never, never will I let you go So with grace and beauty we’ll make a start And of happy living we’ll master the art And you’ll be a queen ruling my heart And unto our death we are going to part And never, never will I let you go So with the help of God you’ll always be mine And you I’ll worship as a goddess divine 57 He has to be there Though of His being I am not aware I have a feeling He must be there See Him I cannot, for He loves to hide But I know in my heart He does reside Of the realm of being He takes good care And even in the void He exists everywhere And though He stays under a cover He never does leave the heart of His lover And when He lights in his heart the fire It consumes the being of His lover entire And though for the wise God may not be there In the eye of His lover He’s completely bare 58 My nights are dark without your moon My nights are dark without your moon So come, my darling, please come soon With my yearning heart and eager eyes My love for you I can never disguise But love has brought me only despair And your being away I simply can't bear You can part from me and stay apart But part you can never from my heart And why is it so; it's hard to explain That I give you love and you give me pain? And with so many stars in these eyes Why love is such a gloomy enterprise? 59 The great turmoil in my soul does cease In my breast are buried desires galore It’s like a volcano you dare not ignore Yes, I am crazy; I’m totally mad But deceit and cunning do make me sad And craft when I find selling its wares I see everywhere its traps and snares But when I notice her rosy cheek I feel that things are not so bleak And on her brow when I see her hair I totally forget my woe and despair In her I discover the beauty of God And everything else appears so flawed The great turmoil in my soul does cease And in love I find the Heavenly peace 60 This love long distance is not for me You say it’s best when your love is higher And a girl from a distance you can admire And suppress you can your burning desire But, dear, you’ve set my heart on fire And with so much smoke I cannot respire So your close attention I do require O please do come or I will expire So please, my love, do come and see How much I need your sympathy Your love, your pity, your charity So near me please do try to be This love long distance is not for me 61 Tough love Love her as much as you please But don’t get down on your knees Go to the park and hold her hand And sit and drink and enjoy the breeze And when she smiles like a flower Kiss those lips and do not freeze And when you find the right occasion Hold her close and then squeeze And if she’s ever cold and callous You be firm and her not appease And if she flirts with another man Give her a spanking on your knees Therefore, love her with all your heart But don’t ever let it become a disease 62 I’m afraid it’s all a little too late She says she’d like to see me again And find it I very hard to explain And she, who would not even look at me With me now she says she’d like to be And she, my offer who’d always decline Me now she would like to wine and dine And me, who always she wanted to hide Now in her salon she’d like to preside And now she wants to turn off the light And sit and neck with me all night So although all this sounds so great I’m afraid it’s now a little too late 63 She also flirts with all my friends She used to be angry but this is too much She was cold towards me but this is too much She now goes and lives with my terrible foe With him she was friendly but this is too much She also flirts with all my friends She used to be free but this is too much They all, it seems, are in love with her She was always a beauty but this is too much And even angels are crazy about her beauty She was better than a houri but this is too much So when people see me, they cry and cry I know they’ve pity but this is too much And about me now she always complains She used to be unhappy but this is too much 64 I’m totally shattered; I’m falling apart Look how she left and broke my heart I’m totally shattered; I’m falling apart Those nights dark have made me a loon She took with her the stars and moon I cry and cry all night till dawn For sleep I cannot; my dreams are gone And gone is the fire; what’s left is ash And remains not even a spark or flash Oh, how I miss her beautiful face Her style and form, her poise and grace It’s all so dark, I grope and grope And it seems for me there is no hope 65 O my heart, my poor little heart O my heart, my poor little heart I wish that you were a little smart And with a little sorrow and a little pain You would not break and fall apart I know you love these beautiful girls With eyes blue and golden curls And ruby lips and delicious mouths And white teeth like precious pearls O my heart, my poor little heart I wish that you were a little smart And with a little sorrow and a little pain You would not break and fall apart But these girls that you hold so dear Are cruel, and callous, and insincere And they may look very gentle and kind But they’re surely not what they appear O my heart, my poor little heart I wish that you were a little smart And with a little sorrow and a little pain You would not break and fall apart So tell me please what you want to do And do not tell me you don’t have a clue And do not say that it is your fate To sigh and sob and be always blue O my heart, my poor little heart I wish that you were a little smart And with a little sorrow and a little pain You would not break and fall apart 66 They come back as flowers They come back as flowers after they die Or become they stars in the nightly sky In showing everyone their charm and grace These beautiful girls are never very shy But show they never any sympathy When the lovers without them cry and cry And when these guys are about to die They wouldn’t even come to say good-bye They don’t understand a word they hear No matter how much their lovers try And when these fellows try to complain Any wrongdoing these girls deny And tell they SHAIDA that he’s getting old And that chasing girls he can’t justify 67 O let me see you once in a while O let me see you once in a while And let me have that beautiful smile I don’t say, do not see my foes But please to them don’t be so close Your flirting with them I do not mind But why to me you’re so very unkind? Estranged that you’re, let no one know And try to maintain the status quo And so that people do not suspect Don’t me in public please neglect I wish you’d come and with your face Light up this dark and dingy place And give a smile while looking at me And see me in a total ecstasy 68 Reveal yourself, O Lord, to me Reveal yourself, O Lord, to me Your glorious face I’m dying to see Behind the curtain that you like to hide O let me see, and allow me inside I want to go where Gabriel can’t This wish of mine O please do grant And come to me and look into my eyes And me you enchant and mesmerize I’m your lover, so don’t be shy When so many others you do gratify I know I do not deserve your grace But I’m your lover; show me your face 69 My self-control I cannot trust That faithless gal that I love so much In beauty and grace no one can touch Whenever I talk of her luscious lips It gives me the taste of chocolate chips O she’s the eyes of a playful doe That keep the tigers and lions in tow And when she swings her waist and hips My poor little heart, it simply flips And the way she wears and tilts her hat She looks like a queen, that perfect brat And when I see her gorgeous face I lose my sense of time and space And then I yield to a rush of lust And my self-control I cannot trust 70 May I hold your hand, my dear? May I hold your hand, my dear And sit in the pretty moonlight? O I’ll be gallant, so don’t you fear That somehow it won’t be right Don’t you know I love you so? May I play with your locks, my dear And may I pull them slight? O I’ll be careful, so don’t you fear That rumple your hair I might Don’t you know I love you so? May I kiss your lips, my dear And may I kiss them right? O I’ll be tender, so don’t you fear That them I might bite Don’t you know I love you so? May I hold you close, my dear And may I hold you tight? O I’ll be gentle, so don’t you fear That be too rough I might Don’t you know I love you so? 71 What a fool I was What a fool I was; what a fool I was I did not know; no, I did not know What people had known since long ago That love is not without the woe I knew her only for a little while But she had form and she had style And she had beauty, charm, and grace And she had also a lovely smile What a fool I was; what a fool I was I did not know; no, I did not know That people had known since long ago That love is not without the woe But I should’ve known if I were smart That she was a siren without a heart And that one day when the time was right She was going to leave and simply depart What a fool I was; what a fool I was I did not know; no, I did not know But what does it matter if I didn’t know For it wouldn’t have helped, I loved her so 72 O when you’re away O when you’re away; O when you’re away I think of you all night and day But when you come, I cannot say What I so badly want to convey “I love you; I love you; I pray; I pray” About my love I crow and crow And to one and all who’d bother to know My love for you I want to show And boast and boast that I’m your beau But how do I tell you – I love you so? So give me courage and let me confide In you my feelings that are deep inside And this, I hope, will make you decide To become one day my darling bride My wealth, my treasure, my joy, my pride 73 But still, my love, you do need love My lovely, lovely, beautiful belle In charm and grace you simply excel Wherever you look, you cast a spell And everything you do, you do so well But still, my love, you do need love O you have beauty, charm and grace A darling smile and a gorgeous face And as a queen you beat the ace And nothing about you is commonplace But still, my love, you do need love O you’re the moon of a moonlit night For the stars in heaven a source of light You are so cheerful; you are so bright That wherever you go, you bring delight But still, my love, you do need love I’m old and poor, I know, I know And I’m not fit to be your beau But, darling baby, I love you so So please, for God’s sake, don’t say no And come to me, for you do need love 74 So, baby darling, some mercy show O you’re my life; you’re my soul My only purpose, my only goal And depends on you my future whole You’re all I have; you’re all I have So please, my darling, don’t you go O you’re my beginning; you’re my end My broken heart only you can mend This barren soul only you can tend You’re all I have; you’re all I have So, honey darling, do not say no O you’re my summer; you’re my spring And all those colors and flowers you bring So when you come, I start to sing “You’re all I have; you’re all I have And sugary darling, I love you so” So don’t be callous; don’t be cold And don’t be so cruel to your lover old I know you have a heart of gold You’re all I have; you’re all I have So, baby darling, some mercy show 75 That fateful night That fateful night I cannot forget When, flying together, we were in a jet And I was having a glass of wine And she was sitting and looking divine Then suddenly when our eyes met I felt a rush and started to sweat And when she flashed that lovely smile I quickly became a juvenile And with myself I made a bet That she’ll become my Juliet So then I begged her to meet me again After we got off the airplane She said she’ll do it but never did Which now has made me an invalid I look and look but cannot find That gal, so lovely and so unkind 76 And soon I knew it was no more It was quite a night when I first met you You were fresh and new like the morning dew I looked at you and you looked at me And we were in love, we quickly knew Oh, it was so very impromptu Soon I was sitting and holding your hand While you were smiling and looking so grand And then when I looked into your eyes I felt I was entering the never, never land And time around me began to expand Then all of a sudden I was kissing your lip And drinking its nectar only sip by sip But when I tasted your juicy tongue I felt I was taking a heavenly trip And on this world I was losing my grip Your bosom soft then I began to explore And felt my spirit was starting to soar But I woke up then from my dream After I heard a deafening roar And soon I knew it was no more 77 You love me not O whether it’s right or whether it’s wrong For you I pine, and yearn, and long And wait for you I all night long Knowing that to me you do not belong And knowing for sure that you’ll not come O you are my purpose; you are my goal And on what I do I don’t have control And though on me it has taken its toll I love you with all my heart and soul Knowing for sure that you love me not I know, I know you will not come I know, I know you love me not 78 O wait till you see the vision of God O wait till you see the vision of God You’ll see a lightening, and you’ll be awed For like His beauty, there surely is none And the light He gives, can give no one You think you’ve choice and a free will But when you love, your choice is nil And you will not feel the slightest hurt Even when your darling treats you as dirt And you at all will not be sore When you your girl tries to ignore And you won’t have to go to the bar To show the maids your every scar So listen to me, you’ll become an ace When one day you’ll find the Divine grace 79 Be nice and give your lover a break Oh, all this pain and all this ache This constant sorrow without a break There’s only so much a man can take So please, my love, for Heaven’s sake Be nice and give your lover a break They all say love is a wonderful thing And it can make you feel like a king But for me it’s only a painful sting So please, my love, for Heaven’s sake Be nice and give your lover a break O you’re my life; you’re my soul For you I sing, and trill, and troll But I’m also now in a great big hole So please, my love, for Heaven’s sake Be nice and give your lover a break O please, O please be kind to me I need your pity, your charity And if you can, some sympathy So please, my love, for Heaven’s sake Be nice and give your lover a break 80 Come kiss me once and kiss me twice O do be good; O do be nice And kiss me once and kiss me twice Just listen O please to my advice For one day surely you’ll lose your prime You know it’s only a matter of time Yes, I’m frail and yes, I’m old And yes, I’m shy and not very bold And I’m not worth my weight in gold But soon I will be not worth a dime You know it’s only a matter of time So come, my darling, do come to me And please for once do grant my plea For soon for kissing there will be No good reason and no good rhyme You know it’s only a matter of time 81 O it was nice my knowing you, dear O it was nice my knowing you, dear And it was really and truly nice But there remained no fun, no cheer In what we called our paradise O it was a lovely moonlit night And you were happy and I was tight And when I begged you to marry me You winked at me and said you might And when you became my bashful bride We took a ride to the Canadian side And toasted near the Niagara Falls And become you did my joy and pride And then we set up a little nest With a place to enjoy and a place to rest And there we lived in bliss and peace For we were in love and we were blessed Then something happened, I don’t know what And in a spiral we both got caught And agree we could not on anything And so we fought, and fought, and fought So it was nice my knowing you, dear And it was really and truly nice But there remained no fun, no cheer In what we called our paradise 82 Your beauty, love, will last forever You know we love your gorgeous face Your dazzling beauty, you charm, and grace And no one for us can take your place But when we see you feeling sad We, lovers of yours, all feel so bad You fear your bloom will fade away And your charm and beauty is going to fray And one day you will be old and gray But, believe me, on you we’ll still be hung And our love for you will always be young So do not worry about getting old And your beauty becoming stale and cold Or you losing on lovers your present hold For on us you’ll always have control Love you we’ll with our heart and soul Your beauty, love, will last forever And your bloom will fade never, never, never 83 But still I say it’s most unfair O since I’ve fallen in love with you I sob, and sigh, and do boohoo And now that I cannot without you do I don’t know what I’ve gotten into But it’s not fair; O it’s not fair That you have fun and I despair I know it now, it wasn’t smart To make someone my sweetheart Like you, who knows the deadly art Of wounding and breaking a loving heart But I also know it’s most unfair That you have fun and I despair But now, I’m sure, it is too late To change this sorry, sorry state For now that I have taken the bait I can do nothing but bow to fate But still I say it’s most unfair That you have fun and I despair 84 Your mate and lover O let me be My sorry plight O come and see And see my ache, my agony See how I need your charity Your love, your pity, your sympathy I pray and pray, do please agree Your mate and lover O let me be My loving heart I cannot show But, darling, still I want you to know I love you, I love you, I love you so So please, my baby, do not say no I pray and pray, do please agree Your mate and lover O let me be So please, my love, my sweetie pie Don’t let this lover forever cry To him this pleasure O do not deny For otherwise he is going to die I pray and pray, do please agree Your mate and lover O let him be 85 I love you, I love you, I do, I do O when I tell you that I love you I’m not telling you anything new For they all say it whenever they woo But in my case it’s totally true And I know you’ve lovers quite a few But no one can love you the way I do You can go and search the humankind But a lover like me you’ll never find I’m totally unique, and one of a kind Because my love is completely blind I know you’ve lovers quite a few But no one can love you the way I do I know for you it’s nothing new But I love you, I love you, I do, I do 86 O what do I do; O what do I do? Ever since, baby, you’ve gone away I think of you all night and day My life is in total disarray I’m lost and cannot find my way O what do I do; O what do I do I feel so lonely; I feel so blue? Wherever I go, I look for you And look and look, yet find no clue And though, it’s true, I do overdo I can never say that I’m through O what do I do; O what do I do I feel so lonely; I feel so blue? So tell me please what do I do? O tell me, O tell me what do I do? 87 In love, we all know, everything is fair This love for sure is a sad affair And the pain and sorrow that I have to bear Are nothing short of a nightmare But sadly of this you are not aware For what does it matter; what do you care? And whether I live or whether I die Or whether I laugh or whether I sigh Or whether my eye is wet or dry To ignore it all your best you try For what does it matter; what do you care? And when to you I beg and pray That a little kindness you please display You simply look the other way You can’t be bothered, you only say For what does it matter; what do you care? But why should you bother; why should you care In love, when we all know, everything is fair? 88 So go and love with your heart and soul O love is truly a Divine award In it you’ll find a great reward A heart that feels someone else’s pain An eternal bliss it’s bound to attain This worldly beauty is just a facade For behind it all is the beauty of God So a man who loves a beautiful dame Him for it O how could you blame? And if he loves a gal who is a flirt His pain and sorrow don’t try to avert And if he loves a gal who’s headstrong Don’t ever tell him that he is wrong So go and love with your heart and soul And try to make it your life’s goal 89 I miss you, I miss you, I miss you a lot O when I’m out on a midsummer night And the moon is shining and the stars are bright Making the sky an enchanting sight If then with me I find you not I miss you, I miss you, I miss you a lot And whenever I wake up in my bed With a burning heart and an aching head And feeling exhausted or almost dead If then with me I find you not I miss you, I miss you, I miss you a lot So whether I’m happy or whether I’m sad Or I’m feeling good or I’m feeling bad Or I’m very pleased or I’m very mad If, baby, with me I find you not I miss you, I miss you, I miss you a lot 90 No, I will never get tired of you One day you might not care for me And eye to eye you might not see And start with me to disagree But whatever you say, I’ll always do And no, I’ll never get tired of you You might one day think I’m old And that on reality I’ve lost my hold And so might decide to be callous and cold But for you my love will always be new And no, I’ll never get tired of you Or you might like to say adieu Or might think parting is overdue But no matter what you might say or do You I’ll always, always pursue And no, I’ll never get tired of you No, I will never get tired of you No matter what you might say or do 91 People in love don’t say good-bye O just for a moment do please come near And put on my chest that darling ear And my weeping heart do try to hear And then you try to figure out why It hates to hear you say good-bye My poor little heart was always meek With outlook gloomy and future bleak But now it’s become so frail and weak That in your presence it cannot speak So if you left, it’ll surely die And will not survive your saying good-bye So please, my darling, do try to be kind And try to keep this also in mind That a heart like mine is difficult to find Because its love is totally blind So if you can, don’t let it cry And for God’s sake do not say good-bye For until such time they’re ready to die People in love don’t say good-bye 92 I’m your lover, a full time lover I think of you; I dream of you All day long and all night long For you, my love, I croon and coo And only for you I sing my song I belong to you from cover to cover And I’m your lover, a full time lover You are my life; you are my soul I live for you and I die for you Of me you are in full control And it’s for you what I say or do I belong to you from cover to cover And I’m your lover, a full time lover But though I completely belong to you You do not seem to care for me And while I cry and do boohoo You seem to enjoy my agony But still I’m yours from cover to cover And I’m your lover, a full time lover Yes, I’m your lover, a full time lover And I don’t mind being called a sucker 93 I love you, I love you, I love you so O please, my darling, do not go Stay for a while and don’t say no My heart to you I cannot show But still, my love, I want you to know I love you, I love you, I love you so I still remember when you were mine My life was full of your sunshine We’d sit and neck and drink some wine And to lovely places we’d go and dine But now I can only yearn and pine And miss and miss my goddess divine I know I can drive anyone insane And put one under a lot of strain But, baby, you ought to see my pain And how it causes this emotional drain But now I promise I’ll never complain So let us start the whole thing again So please, my darling, do not go Stay for a while and don’t say no My heart to you I cannot show But still, my love, I want you to know I love you, I love you, I love you so 94 I’m not going to fall in love again O do not give me this lovely smile And an older man don’t try to beguile I’m not going to act like a juvenile I have just recovered from my nagging pain So I’m not going to fall in love again And don’t show me these beautiful eyes The eyes that can easily mesmerize I have just been through this exercise And have just recovered from my nagging pain So I’m not going to fall in love again Look I’m not by nature unduly strong So when I’m tempted, I do go along And things with me can quickly go wrong I have just recovered from my nagging pain So I’m not going to fall in love again And please, for God’s sake, don’t telephone Just leave me alone; just leave me alone 95 No one can love you as much as I I know you’ve come to say good-bye And I’m not going to ask you to tell me why? But one day, I’m sure, you’re going to say That once you rejected the nicest guy Because, my darling, my sweetie pie No one can love you as much as I I know you love a handsome lad Who’s always so dandy and richly clad But one day he’ll go for another gal After his fill with you he has had And realize you will, my sweetie pie That no one ever loved you as much as I And when one day you’re old and gray And your charm and beauty have gone away No one will give you a second look And you’re going to feel great dismay And then to me you’ll again be drawn But probably by then I’ll be dead and gone So it’s good to remember, my sweetie pie That no one can love you as much as I 96 Until you hear the rooster crow The moon is here; it has not yet gone The night is young and the music is on And the people are dancing all over the lawn And plan to be dancing until it’s dawn So please, my darling, do not go Until you hear the rooster crow And let’s avail this wonderful chance To eat, and drink, and sing, and dance We surely don’t have to go to France To enjoy a night of high romance So please, my darling, do not go Until you hear the rooster crow So let’s enjoy ourselves tonight And let’s not wait until tomorrow night Our bonds of love, let’s knit them tight And take our love to its heavenly height So please, my darling, do not go Until you hear the rooster crow And don’t even think of saying no Because I love you, I love you so 97 Someone like her you cannot find O she has poise, charm and grace A beautiful body and a gorgeous face So a girl like her you want to chase And her, after catching, you want to embrace But she is a gal who’s one of a kind And someone like her you cannot find She’s also nice, and soft, and gentle And in her manners very continental And there’s also something very fundamental Which makes her loving and sentimental But she is a gal who’s one of a kind And someone like her you cannot find But even if you can find a girl like her She won’t probably have you as her only lover 98 And we’ll both live in eternal bliss O now that, dear, we’ve been together In fair as well as the rainy weather And you’ve accepted me as your lover And there’s nothing left for you to discover I hope with me you’ll finally concur That our holy union we should not defer You know I love you with all my soul And on my heart you’ve full control For you I sing, and trill, and troll And my heart for you does rock and roll And I have made you my life’s goal So let’s then say, “I do”, “I do” And let’s become the blessed two And live in a world completely new Where you are me and I am you And bound we are by the divine glue I promise your freedom you’ll never miss And we’ll both live in eternal bliss 99 O please, I beg you, leave me not O believe me, believe me, I am sincere A lie I will never speak nor hear I love you so much, I simply fear That I cannot survive without you, dear O baby, you are all what I have got So please, I beg you, leave me not O when I met you years ago You were a beautiful little doe I thought some interest if I would show And said to you that I love you so You’ll agree with me and won’t say no And on me your favors you’ll bestow But, baby darling, I did not know That my love for you will grow and grow And that one day it will overflow And for you my everything I’ll forgo So now I’m so much in love with you That I do not have the slightest clue What on God’s earth I’m going to do If one day you said to me adieu So believe me, believe me, I am sincere A lie I will never speak nor hear I love you so much, I simply fear That I cannot survive without you, dear O baby, you’re all what I have got So please, I beg you, leave me not 100 The all-encompassing nothingness One night when I was in my bed An angel came to me and said That he had come to take me away Because he had heard that I was dead At first I thought it was only a dream That things are not what they often seem But soon I knew that he was right Because I had tried and could not scream Then the angel told me not to cry And that we both were going to fly Far, far away from the Universe Away from stars and beyond the sky We flew and flew until we came To a place which had no real name And when I asked if it was hell or heaven He said things there were all the same And then he told me not to guess For this was the essence, more or less Of what was real and what was not This all-encompassing nothingness And then I woke up with a loud scream From what you might call my mystical dream KHUSRO HAFIZ GHALIB FAIZ SHAIDA Read Free English and Urdu translation in VERSE of the Persian poems of KHUSRO and HAFIZ English translation in VERSE of the Urdu poems of GHALIB and FAIZ and English and Urdu poetry of Khalid Hameed Shaida by Logging on to URL: www.writing.com/authors/khalmeed Searching through Google under: Khalid Hameed Shaida Buy Paper, Audio and E Books FROM www.amazon.com and other etailers 1.Khusro, the Indian Orpheus, a hundred odes 2.Amir Khusro, The 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Hafiz, the Voice of God, a hundred odes 4. Hafiz, Drunk with God, selected odes 5. Ghalib, the Indian Beloved, Urdu odes 6. Faiz, a Wailing Nightingale, Urdu poems 7. O Love, Romantic and Inspirational Poetry of Khalid Hameed Shaida, MD Buy Paper Books FROM Suraj, 6/A Naseeruddin Road, Islampura, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: surajquarterly@yahoo.com 1. Dr. Khalid Hameed Shaida Number I with English and Urdu Translation of Ghalib 2. Dr. Khalid Hameed Shaida Number II with English and Urdu Translation of Hafiz 3. Khusro aur Iqbal with English and Urdu Translation of Khusro and Iqbal Write to Khalid Hameed Shaida, MD 2208 Lakeway Drive, Friendswood, TX 77546, USA Email: khalmeed@aol.com |
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