PRISONER

I was imprisoned

In love’s island.

My cruel justice

Came daily

To justify my holy emotions.

Among flowers

Through a passage

Appeared like a nymph

Wearing a white skirt

Her face seemed as

Any fairy is peeping from clouds.

Like the snake

Her skirt crept behind

A crown sparkled

On her head

And indigo sky bent too.

In the middle of the lake

She sat on queen’s seat

On balcony

Slave girls were fanning

Paradise birds dipped their wings

In perfume

And fluttered over her head

While cool breeze scented

The whole atmosphere.

She gazed at me bitterly

And pricked my heart

By her coquetries.

Came near me

Raised my bent head

By her smooth hand

And laughed.

Then ordered her slaves

“Bring him away

I will discuss his fate

In some other leisure time”

I was hanged

On the noose

To face her again.

Who wanted to kill me

Daily

With a dreadful death

By her glimpses.