And love

Under a faint, trembling light
confusion paces hard

Brow creased in frustration
certainty's knuckles rap

Hope with a mocking bow
flings scorn at want

Faith with a blinkered look
sways dazed, le moribond

And love; stumbling, plunging
has been found hung

Riding gossamer butterflies;
in supernal seas, sunk

Benaam

Bunn'te huay taage'
ukharti hui saanson
mein paiwasta, madfan

Rakhte safar baandhte
par'rao rait se chalni
shakista dam kham

Baange darra goonjti
raahon se lipti
khaali, gumm summ

Muskurahat phailti
aankhon mein simti
purryaqeen, mubhamm



Glossary
Bunn'te - knitted
taage' - threads
ukharti - breaking
paiwasta - attached
madfan- buried
Rakhte safar- ready to depart
par'rao - tent city
rait - sand
chalni - riddled
shakista - broken
dam kham-strength
Baange darra- the marching bell
goonjti - ringing
gumm summ- subdued
purryaqeen - full of faith
mubhamm - uncertain