Dance with me, my love!

Let’s dance, my love, before dreams are lost. For the dead dance not, Nor ashes cry!

Muhammad Shafiq Haider October 28, 2015
If you knew the world would soon end,

And we both would perish,


When this moment is spent,


This jiffy would die and with it,


Our spirits would burn and fly!

 

Would you care, my love, to dance with me,


When we have time to dance,

To the end of the sky?

 

Let’s dance, my love,

Before dreams are lost,

And longing is rusted,

In our hearts and eyes,

For the dead dance not,

Nor ashes cry!

 

Before the lights are out,

And the doors are closed,

Wild hearts are muted,

No more they pine and sigh.

 

Here! Before the world ends,

Dance with me, my love!

Dance to the end of the sky!

 

Or would you not clasp your hands,

In mine, nor hold my arms?

Or look into my eyes?

 

And suppose you don’t…

The world would end!

Our bodies desecrated,

This moment would fly!

 

Let me see what you see,

And feel what you feel,

Let me put my arms around your form,

Hold you close and feel once warm,

Before our bodies turn cold…

And you bid me goodbye.

 

Dance with me, my love,

One last dance!

To the end of the sky.
WRITTEN BY:
Muhammad Shafiq Haider The writer is a sustainable development practitioner with expertise in governance, policymaking and implementation. He holds an M.Phil in Public Policy with a specialization in Political Economy. He blogs at shafiqhaidervirk.wordpress.com and tweets as @SHVirk.
The views expressed by the writer and the reader comments do not necassarily reflect the views and policies of the Express Tribune.

COMMENTS (2)

Bushra Rizwan | 8 years ago | Reply Wild hearts are muted, No more they pine and sigh ............ Dance to the end of sky! Beautiful....fantastic Wanted to write down exactly what i felt,but somehow i stayed empty n couldnt have described it any better. Keep up the good work :)
ahmed | 8 years ago | Reply Beautiful !!! the poem brings forth the realisation of uncertainty of life and sorrows of fleeting time but still stays positive and invites readers to make best use of this journey and what can be better than "dance of love ". The lover here can also be the life itself, end is certain but journey can be made beautiful.
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