One of so many of Sultan`s poems I had translated in 1989
يا حبيبي كيف أرجع 1
My Love, how I come back
After what was built caved in?
How do I forget those evenings
which split what was united?
My love, how do I come back?
2
I rode to you on horses of yearning,
Raising my voice and you rushing to me;
But found the way strewn with throns,
My love, how do I come back?
The roaring of waves soared, and
The whistling wind tossed me.
My shore became too far away.
I was a sailor who gave up the sea.
My love, how do I come back?
I am a tragedy that has collapsed
Between hopes and a fountainhead,
While the spring lay infront of me,
The abyss prevented me from reaching it.
My love, how do I come back?
I shall sing to you songs of sorrow:
Call out to you in anguish
And pour grief into
Avessel that does not hold water.
My love, how do I come back?
I am the one who loves you dearly,
Who adores and hopes.
To me, you`ve always been a mirage
Which remains distant and flashing.
My love, how do I come back?
We meet in the morning,
You said, to say goodbye.
How could a deserter
Be bidden farewell, I wonder !
My love, how do I come back?
You are a beauty queen who
Sits on her throne.
But I stand behind my wall
Gazing at corners.
My love, how do I come back?
Take the World in your stride;
Play and have fun.
But if you fear getting bored
Call for the One who loves you, he will reply:
My love, I will come back !
My love, I will come back !
رَحم الـــــلـــــه ســـــــلطـــان الإنســـان المُحب والـــشاعـر المُجِيد
نامق داغـسـتاني
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