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Poem - Swept by Love’s Gaze, Poet - Shah Jehan Ashrafi (Mauritius)

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published from Aurangabad, MSD, W.B. Editor - Md Ejaj Ahamed

25 Sept, 2025

Swept by Love’s Gaze

Shah Jehan Ashrafi

Love’s haze

Makes me breathe fire

I drink venomous

Honey from

The Beloved’s honeymoon

Love is a bitter wine

That waters life

Tenders kindness

It exhales

To let me inhale

The fire of life

Love is passion

Bitter sweet

Rough and gentle

The morning breeze

And Autumn’s leaves

Die before you die

Like lovers

You are not

A common Believer

Kill youself

At the Beloved’s door

Be lost

And you will find yourself

Love is a brave lion

With heart

As soft as a rose

Petal

©®Shah Jehan Ashrafi

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published from Aurangabad, MSD, W.B. Editor - Md Ejaj Ahamed

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published from Aurangabad, MSD, W.B. Editor - Md Ejaj Ahamed

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published by Md Ejaj Ahamed from Aurangabad, Murshidabad, W. B, India

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