Monday, June 28, 2010

TO A DOVE

BY SERAGE ALWARAK.

Translated into English Verse by J. D. Carlyle, BD

The Dove, to ease an aching breast,
   In piteous murmurs vents her cares;
 Like me, she sorrows, for, oppressed,
   Like me, a load of grief she bears.

Her plaints are heard in every wood,
   While I would fain conceal my woes:
 But vain's my wish--the briny flood,
   The more I strive, the faster flows.

Sure, gentle bird, my drooping heart
   Divides the pangs of love with thine;
 And plaintive murm'rings are thy part,
   And silent grief and tears are mine.

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