WHAT A SEASON!

The flowers did not bloom,

The lovers did not meet,

The tavern remained closed,

No drink was ever offered,

The nightingales didn't croon...

O poetic soul! O poor Naveed!

What has spring done for your need?

Without love, wine and garden,

What would you have gotten?

Indeed O Naveed!

Who can ever describe,

The season of spring,

That has passed you by,

As if you weren't there...

That has passed me by.


Author's Notes/Comments: 

This was inspired by some lines of a ghazal written by Pakistani poet, late Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

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