THE PATH IS LONG: a ghazal--Editor's pic

THE PATH IS LONG, THE EVENING DRAWS: a ghazal


The path is long, the evening draws.
Lord, help me and pardon my flaws.

Please save me Lord, You are my hope,
Fate has me firmly in its claws.

I repent, grant me salvation;
The guilt of sin within me gnaws.

Don’t count my virtues, I have none.
I have broken all the ten laws.

My strength, my power, is all gone;
Satan now holds me in its paws.

O Lord, save Your Khalish in time.
He seeks Your grace from the death’s jaws.


• Written in 8-8 format. It is a refrainless ghazal. For knowing more about this style, please see "WHAT IS A GHAZAL AND HOW TO WRITE IT?" .

• Included as Editor’s choice in the Spiritual Newsletter, 13 February 2008.



M C Gupta ‘Khalish’
24 June 2007