The Walled City

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The Walled City


I wish to propose to you

Like it's the Mughal era

Come to you on a white horse

And make you my lover


Are you hiding in Lahore Fort?

You won't stay concealed for long

I can sense the beat of your heart

You're somewhere near Badshaahi Mosque


Lift the veil off your gorgeous face

In the Walled City

We drift along these renovated ruins

Just to feel free


Mash'Allah, your eternal beauty

Mash'Allah, my ethereal poetry

In the Walled City

We are free


Now I'm following your trail to Delhi Gate

Which points towards India

And towards my ancestors' graves

Where are you now, my inamorata?


Are you near the Gurdwara of Dera Sahib?

Or at the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh?

Will you not throw me a hint?

Loving you is like dying over and over again


Lift the veil off your gorgeous face

In the Walled City

We drift along these renovated ruins

Just to feel free


Mash'Allah, your eternal beauty

Mash'Allah, my ethereal poetry

In the Walled City

We are free.


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