Ghazal No. 32

The majesty is snatched away from mountains and bestowed on leaves of grass. A royal crown is put on the head of a roadside beggar.

In Love’s way who is who is of little account. The white palm of a Moses is conferred on a black man.

Sometimes kingship is not bestowed on the son of a king; sometimes it is bestowed upon a prisoner in a well.

A wayside beggar may be turned into a conqueror and ruler of the world by having granted to his eyes the cutting power of a sword.

Love has been overthrown by reason, and the world is upside down. It may be that I shall be given freedom to wail over this.