Thursday, 17 December 2020

Dumah as Saqi



My ever-young Sorrow bespeaks so archaic a tongue
Its Targum by but Dumah, as Saqi, is sung
For Meaning, thus tortured, is Melody
& Tartarean torments- Memory

Envoi-
Prince! Ware Darkness' all diseasing heeltaps of Light
Watchman! Wasted... What of the Night?

No comments: