A Dancing Spark – रक्क़ास शरारा

A Dancing Spark

Suddenly two glances collided with such impact,

That love was like a spark set adrift in time.

First it rested in those bashful eyes

Like a tender, innocent, lovely, drunken sign,

Then it fluttered to her glistering forehead

Like a bud, a flower, a pearl, a star pristine

From her forehead it descended to her petalled cheeks

As colour, essence, honey, no even more divine.

Down her cheeks it withdrew into the colour of her lips

As music, wine, laughter, the lightning’s outline.

From her lips it slithered into her arms

As a curve, an enticement, mercury’s dancing line.

Interred in her arms, it went towards the heart.

As desire, grace, favour, love, courtesy benign

Once drowned in the heart, it broke from every pore

As the heart’s beat, the gaze’s soul, the horizon’s shine.

From the body’s charm, it flew towards me

Like a drunken youthfulness’ irresistible anodyne.

Stealing senses, yet carrying a sensible message

Strengthening restraint, even if destroying its design.

Pain incarnate, yet the reason for joy

Passion itself, yet a part of love sublime.

The moment it came it encompassed my life

By becoming my lost life’s supporting line.

Now sparks alone rest in her heart

And ‘Kaifi’, my burning couplets define.