Love
Don't wait!
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
Don't wait!The more you wait, the slower time goes by,Don't open your heart to one who can't grasp its secret.These wounds are old, they will not heal now,Torments are your friends — do not flee from them.Just be content — you are dust, and that is all,Do not crave love from anyone at all.A lover's pain is always wide awake,Tell me, does everyone dare to love?!How many times I told you, O mad heart,Never take off your armor, come what may!Now this is your fate! Behold your disgrace,Your soul aches without end, throb after throb.You grieve in madness, O sick one, O majnun,For love's sake you became a shame before the world.Your foes rejoice and gloat at your state,Like a cup, you are filled to the brim with grief.The one you love is sick, so sick of your love,You reached out to her — she will go far away.Why torment your own soul so much,Who told you: “Set yourself on fire in the flame!”Don't wait!The more you wait, the heavier the moments,As if stones were tied to their feet, the hours won't move.It is only the heart, it seems, that dully aches,And sees nothing but the beloved's face…Akrom MALIK
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