----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter & Amanda" <saents@xtra.co.nz> To: <india@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA] Indian Love Lyrics - > Hi Ray > > These words were on Wikipedia, firstly the poem and secondly the lyrics > from > the song. > > Poem: Kashmiri Song > > Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, > Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell? > Whom do you lead on Rapture's roadway, far, > Before you agonise them in farewell? > > Oh, pale dispensers of my Joys and Pains, > Holding the doors of Heaven and of Hell, > How the hot blood rushed wildly through the veins > Beneath your touch, until you waved farewell. > > Pale hands, pink tipped, like Lotus buds that float > On those cool waters where we used to dwell, > I would have rather felt you round my throat, > Crushing out life, than waving me farewell! > > Lyrics: Kashmiri Song > > Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar,* > Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell? > Whom do you lead on Rapture's roadway, far, > Before you agonise them in farewell? > Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, > Where are you now? Where are you now? > > Pale hands, pink tipped, like Lotus buds that float > On those cool waters where we used to dwell, > I would have rather felt you round my throat, > Crushing out life, than waving me farewell! > Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, > Where are you now? Where lies your spell? > * Gardens > > All the best > > Peter > Also in NZ > > ===== India Mailing List ===== > > Archives for this list can be found at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA > and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA > > Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message