Yar ketti

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© ilminur
"The Beloved Has Departed" (Yar Ketti)
Stanza 1
Just because I do not see my beloved's face,

There is no such thing

As forgetting my beloved.

Stanza 2
Even though my beloved has left my side,

I have still managed to live without them,

Sweetly.

Stanza 3
I will not come to your side, my dear soul,

There is no stubborn breath (or person)

Quite like me.

Stanza 4
A bird that has escaped from its cage—

How can it go

To the beloved's grave?Stanza 5
Instead of praying, I chose music (melody).

Do not blame me;

There is no other way

To make my beloved content.

Stanza 6
[Speaking of Anikhan, who said regarding music:]

"They never grow old, do they—

Those who are free and liberated."

Stanza 7
I have no desire to choose any other path.

I have been separated from my beloved,

Yet I wish to live on—in the hope of my beloved.