Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Fitzgerald translation, version 1

Morning when dawn's left hand was in the sky
I heard a voice within the tavern cry
Awake my little ones and fill the cup
Before life's liquor in its cup be dry

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a collection of poems (of which there are about a thousand) attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám (1048-1123). "Rubaiyat" means "quatrains": verses of four lines.

Wish

I tried, I tried a million times
Nepenthe didn't sooth my pain
Neither did morphia
For me, your memories were hard as rock.

I wish if you were near me.
Beneath the boundaries of the world
Above the horizons, the barriers
I wish ... if you were near me

Love.. Cross all seas, mountains and trenches
And for you I trust and I know
But my heart wishes,
if you were here , with me

Horizons pass, dreams shed seasons change,
but not my love sweetheart
And your love is what lead me ..
But I wish if you were here, with me

Grab me my dear, before I shatter
Just like you hold my soul
Give me your hand
And I'll cross the skies for you.

For now, I wait, I hope
To hold and to carry you along
Breaking all barriers of ill-fate
To heaven; the place where you will be always with me!

When will you know?

In the nights, where I used to talk to myself ;
In the dawns, where I used to touch my stubble and mind;
I.. had never thought of you.
Cause... You weren't my life.

But now I know...
When my heart says no to the dark
and when my mind fails to ignore your thoughts, I know
That...  you mean something to me.

When you drop your eyes from me
When you immerse yourself  in silence
When you dip yourself in strife
My mind.... wanders in agony.

Life is like a dark leaf, a rotten foliage
when you are not near me .
When will you know?

When will you know,
that you are the ray which gives me hope
an elixir for me and my life
When will you know?
That you are the drug on which I live upon

When will you know my love?
I pray, for you, I believe in destiny
For you I trust the world
For you, I live
                                                   -Adeep Hussain
 

Why?

It seems like I've been sleeping
For a thousand years
Without a thought
Without a purpose
Without a voice
Without a soul
Until you walked into my life.

All this time
All these years
I can't believe, I couldn't see
I can't believe, I was in the dark
With you so near me.

Now that I know what I'm without-
Don't let me die here
Don't leave me
Breathe yourself into me
Make me feel real
Bring me to life!

I'm always thinking of you
Thinking of expressing myself
But my words
Just blow away
Just blow away, when I look at you
It always ends up to one thing
I just can't think of
The right words to say.

How can you know me so much
And I know you
If nothing is true?
I know you understand me
But why do you feel the need to tease me?
Why don't you just tell me
It might be easier to please me

Anywhere I go
Anywhere I look
I cannot find a better person than you
Should I tell you
How awful it feels 
Giving off our time alone
Don't you feel the pain
When your eyes lock with mine?

Complaints

 COMPLAINTS

When I  eat,

 I used to complain

For just giving me rice and sambar.

Forgetting, the world which don't have food all day.

When I used to walk alone

I used to complain, that I'm always alone

Forgetting, the world of disasters and orphans

When I get harassed in class

I used to complain the whole system

Forgetting, the world of illiteracy

Its always a wonder

and a miracle, that you and I,

always forget that world.

The world of the dark.