gulab khandelwal selected poems

Oh dear !
Leave me as you had found me
On my wedding night,
When you had come to my bed smiling.
Make those roses blossom again
Which you had plucked from my lips,
Weave in my hair those buds again
Which you had smothered by your palms
And walked away.
Return to me that virgin longing
Which I had brought in my eyes
When I had come to you.
Raise again the thirst of first love
Which was burning in my limbs
On that occasion.
Give my nights
The same milky moon-light
And my days
That very enchanting sunshine.
Give me my previous silvery color
And golden charm.
Oh dear!
Leave me as you had found me
On my wedding night.