Delhi by Khushwant Singh
Author:Khushwant Singh
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9788184751116
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2010-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
The flame it saw,
But thereafter nothing besides the curving,
leaping tongues of fire.
By the time its eyes were on the flame,
The moth was in the fire.
None of them had seen this aspect of love—love that thinks of nothing except to be consumed by its beloved. As the words sank in the minds of the audience it exploded ‘Marhaba! Subhan Allah! How beautifully put!’ Emboldened by the appreciation, I sought permission to recite a poem on love that I had composed the night before and which was still fresh in my mind:
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