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28. Mar 2007

The high ambition of the drop of rain

 

     The high ambition of the drop of rain
     Is to be merged in the unfettered sea;
     My sorrow when it passed all bounds of pain,
     Changing, became itself the remedy.

     Behold how great is my humility!
     Under your cruel yoke I suffered sore;
     Now I no longer feel thy tyranny
     I hunger for the pain that then I bore.

     Why did the fragrance of the flowers outflow
     If not to breathe with benediction sweet
     Across her path? Why did the soft wind blow
     If not to kiss the ground before her feet?

     Mirza Ghalib (1797 — 1869)

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