India's Love Lyrics

by Laurence Hope

India's Love Lyrics

BY THE SAME AUTHOR
STARS OF THE DESERT
AND LAST POEMS

INDIA'S
LOVE LYRICS

COLLECTED & ARRANGED
IN VERSE BY

LAURENCE HOPE

NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY, MCMVI
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

Copyright, 1902
by John Lane

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Copyright, 1906
by John Lane Company

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UNIVERSITY PRESS • JOHN WILSON
AND SON • CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

Contents

Page

"Less than the Dust" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

"To the Unattainable" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

2

In the Early, Pearly Morning: Song by Valgovind ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

3

Reverie of Mahomed Akram at the Tamarind Tank ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5

Verses ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

10

Song of Khan Zada ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

11

The Teak Forest ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

12

Valgovind's Boat Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

16

Kashmiri Song by Juma ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

Zira: in Captivity ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

17

Marriage Thoughts: by Morsellin Khan ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

18

To the Unattainable: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

21

Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

24

Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

25

Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

29

Request ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

31

Story of Udaipore: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

32

Valgovind's Song in the Spring ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

Youth ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

37

When Love is Over ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

38

"Golden Eyes" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

39

Kotri, by the River ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

42

Farewell ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

44

Afridi Love ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

45

Yasmini ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

Ojira, to Her Lover ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52

Thoughts: Mahomed Akram ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

Prayer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

55

The Aloe ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

57

Memory ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

58

The First Lover ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

60

Khan Zada's Song on the Hillside ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

The Plains ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

65

"Lost Delight" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

66

Unforgotten ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

69

Song of Faiz Ulla ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

71

Story of Lilavanti ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

72

The Garden by the Bridge ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75

Fate Knows no Tears ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

Verses: Faiz Ulla ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

Two Songs by Sitara, of Kashmir ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

84

Palm Trees by the Sea ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

87

Song by Gulbaz ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

90

Kashmiri Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

92

Reverie of Ormuz the Persian ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

93

Sunstroke ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

96

Adoration ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

101

Second Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

103

Third Song, written during Fever ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

105

The Regret of the Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

107

Protest: By Zahir-u-Din ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

109

Famine Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

113

The Window Overlooking the Harbour ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

115

Back to the Border ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

118

Reverie: Zahir-u-Din ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

120

Sea Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

122

To the Hills! ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

124

Till I Wake ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

126

His Rubies: Told by Valgovind ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

127

Song of Taj Mahomed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

131

The Garden of Kama: Kama the Indian Eros ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

132

Camp Follower's Song, Gomal River ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

134

Song of the Colours: by Taj Mahomed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

137

Lalila, to the Ferengi Lover ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

141

On the City Wall ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

143

Love Lightly ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

145

No Rival Like the Past ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

147

Verse by Taj Mahomed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

148

Lines by Taj Mahomed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

149

There is no Breeze to Cool the Heat of Love ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

150

Malay Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

154

The Temple Dancing Girl ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

156

Hira-Singh's Farewell to Burmah ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

158

Starlight ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

160

Sampan Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

161

Song of the Devoted Slave ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

162

The Singer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

164

Malaria ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

166

Fancy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

168

Feroza ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

169

This Month the Almonds Bloom at Kandahar ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

171