"In my heart" [ghazal]

by Bhau Kalchuri



O Meher    since you gained sway in my heart
there's naught save     pain & dismay in my heart

your wine turned     into a blade in my heart
heartbroken! groovy!     I say in my heart

I'm facing     mountains of trouble & woe
Beloved!     where is your jai in my heart?

I wot not     whither my wander might wend
I merely     follow whim's way in my heart

with naught save     shipwreck & tumult O Bhau
you're ruined yet     somehow okay in your heart



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[re-rendered into English verse by David Raphael Israel]

Bhau's own literal English translation of his Hindi ghazal appears in the volume Meher Sarod.