Some Facets Of Beauty Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

What desolation enthralls you;
These empty meadows and
Hollowed streams of sweet water;
Cool as life.

The distant haze shall bring remembrance;
As the moon that shines in the night.
The east wind brought the love's sign,
Aromas of amber and frankincense.

Ah! I caught the glimpse of the glance,
Such is a doorway to heaven;
Such moments as the color of apparel,
As music, and as rain, and as desert, and
As the warmest embrace.

The fire of the presence would leap;
Before your eyes, before the sense could
Comprehend. Before and as the breath
Assimilates the countless appearances;
And some facets of beauty.

Sadiqullah Khan
Peshawar
November 30,2012

Desert Woman, Dubai. Photography by Charles Harris (1908-1998) .