DO NOT LEAVE ME
I dare not lift my eyes to face your sight,
I seek for words, yet none will come to light.
When I imagine life where you’re not near,
My colors fade, my world turns pale with fear.
O my beloved, do not leave me so.
For thoughts of you keep every night awake,
In loneliness I count each dawn I break.
For all my sins, how much more blood must pay,
How many wounds before I’m spared this way?
O my beloved, do not leave me so.
Without you, days pass tasteless, void of grace,
My orphaned heart drags evenings at a pace.
I do not know what name this fate should bear,
What title fits this sorrow I must wear.
O my beloved, do not leave me so.
To live with you — my only wish, my plea,
Your name makes every heartbeat call to thee.
From you I ask just one last thing alone:
O my beloved, do not leave me so.
©️ HUSAYN TOSHQONDIY
