5/06/2006

Wisdom isn't yours or mine.

"bahadur shah zafar writes to his beloved/shaikh:

main ne puuchhaa kyaa huaa vo aap kaa husn-o-shabaab
haNs ke bolaa vo sanam shaan-e-Khudaa thii main na thaa

i enquired 'what happened to your beauty and youthfulness'?
laughingly, he said, oh dear, that was the splendour of God, not me."

Aasim