Lines Written In Ecstasy Poem by Matloob Bokhari

LINES WRITTEN IN ECSTASY
O pious man, waste not your words of advice on me,
I am a drunken poet, I detest your knowledge, your piety.
I am a nightingale singing in the garden, dancing in clay abode,
You are an actor singing and dancing on the pulpit of gold.
Her presence is sweeter than perfume! Her happiness is my life!
When my beloved removed the veil of her face in paradise,
In a rapture of love, I left nymphs of heaven, garden of Eden,
And became a slave of her curly locks; long eyelashes,
Her cage freed me from the snare of fortune and fame,
Her aromatic flower memory is candle flame of the room of my heart,
Her beauty-mole, radiant face, rose-bud lips blessed me with bliss.

COMMENTS: LINES WRITTEN IN ECSTASY
Farzana Altaf: Oh, this is so beautifully stated and with such genuine warmth!