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Ghazal: Tonight






I think I will let it all be tonight

Stop thinking and be free tonight


All creation is fleeting, a play of illusion

I too cease looking for eternity tonight


Straddling the eras I stand, Time incarnate

Past, present and future rise within me tonight


How petty my concerns, trivial all pursuit seem

When in you, God at play I see tonight


The many hurt I cause the people I love

Seeps into my heart to haunt me tonight


Whose divine voice is it that comes riding?

The breeze that caresses the tree tonight


What can I ever offer you, eternal stranger?

But these words that ring empty tonight


Words are all I have, my genesis, my end

And these words will set me free tonight


Why not cast the dark from your soul, Sahar

And lose yourself forever in the light tonight





Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri is a film buff, editor, publisher, film critic and writer. Read more about him here

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Dec 05, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Beautifully written, touched my soul, and do plan to read again .. 'tonight'

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Dec 05, 2023
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.

Wow! I have never thought of an English Ghazal. Brilliant.

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