The Prison Dream (2)

This song by Fiza Fayaz is inspired by Ghani Khan's The Prison Dream. Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, of course, was the son of Bacha Khan and this poem was written during Ghani Khan's political incarceration at Hyderabad Jail in 1948.

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I dream, I dream, and seek for it some answer from the world.
I lie and rest my head on the beloveds lap;

I dream that I set off like a butterfly;
Fly round a narcissus and skim past a jasmine;
Circle the necklace round the beloveds delicate neck
And hail her, invisible, with silent greetings.
I dream, and seek for it some answer from the world
I dream...

I dream that I set out shrouded in a zephyr;
Go to my darlings side as a vision of love;
Hang before her eyes like a desert dream,
And lose in one jangle the riches of my life.
I dream, and seek for it some answer from the world
I dream...

I dream of an evening at a garden full of flowers
Red eyes of the cupbearer with wine in ruddy hands;
Fingers on a sitar in elation like Khayyams,
Gently turning over it the sweet fable of love.
I dream, and seek for it some answer from the world
I dream...

I dream, I dream, and seek for it some answer from the world.
I lie and rest my head on the beloveds lap;
I dream...

Written by Ghani Khan in Hyderabad Jail 1948
Translation by: ghanikhan.wordpress.com