FINAL GOOD BYE--a ghazal

FINAL GOOD BYE--a ghazal


I no more have a fire now,
I don’t have a desire now.

For me all the joy is gone,
World is simply a mire now.

I don’t hold any grudges;
Left in me is no ire now.

I was born empty handed
And empty I retire now.

No more do I yearn to live,
My life is a satire now.

I am friendless, there is none
To light my lonely pyre now.

In the evening of my life,
My address, don’t inquire now.

This world is no more for me,
I wish to go higher now.

Good bye, Khalish, I want to
Return to His Empire now.


• Written 7 syllables per line. For a detailed note on ghazal, please see "WHAT IS A GHAZAL AND HOW TO WRITE IT?" .


M C Gupta ‘Khalish’
6 August 2003