The same air that you breathe...

By Dhan Gopal Mukerji

The same air that you breathe

Is the air that caresses my sky;

The sunlight that lingers on your hair and lips

Sets fire to the pathway of my life;

And the call of nature's numberless birds

But reflects in world's mirror the music of our heart's singing —

Melody made of sweet agonies,

Exquisite joys poured from pitchers of pain,

As this summer's heat

From the ever-burning heart of heaven.

Not heaven alone;

The earth, the air, flowers, and leaves

Filled with passion that knows no slaking,

Yet tranquil like sleep's dream-billowed sea.

More than dream-billowed sea this love that I bring,

Its boistrous waves seek the firmament of your yielding;

While your heart-beats’ arrows seek to slay my heart a'beating,

As I inhale the fragrance of your breath and hair;

And pour the perfume of my soul

On your sun-bathed feet.