Majnun's Plea

By: Sister Mardhiya

O' halt! my death allow me to sing;
let me shower a last casting.
I sense him around me; I breathe his scent;
hold your heart; give me your resent.

Years passed in a fraction of time;
for my beloved a song I forever chimed.
now that he has come; I have to leave;
is it fair? can you believe ?

I called him at every moment,
I was at his door; an unworthy peasant.
Now that he blessed me, let me be;
don't take away my soul; him I yearned to see !

All the while, he were around; and I saw him not;
At length his majnun he has spot.
Spare me a gentle meeting with him;
I plead to you, in a sweet hymn !

O' death; in love you see me intoxicated,
for in my heart his name is embedded.
I refuse to depart now, O' death !
Paralyze me;
yet let me see him, O' death !