An Unfading Joy

My fortune led me to vales of sweet perfume,

I gazed; each atom bathed in dews of joy.

And feathered birdsong dispelled all gloom;

Their dulcet anthems did sweet peace convey.

Ah, could such pure felicity compare?

Then bore my star to realms of revelry,

Where unseen sights captivated my eye;

Still transient proved this light, a phantasy.

To gilded hoards, then, swiftly was I drawn;

Some ease, some luxury, my soul embraced;

And to the zenith of success, at the dawn,

I rose, my worldly triumphs proudly traced.

But look, can these fleeting glories ever vie

With joy I found in mother's arms? O, never!

----Poet Affaq 

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