Tag Archives: desire

Waiting

May 30, 2020Poemsaching, beloved, cruelly, desire, despondent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, forbearance, Garden of Life, grief, guaranteed, heartache, imagined, loneliness, love, mourning, night, patience, peace of mind, poem, poetry, resides, restricted, Satori Publishing, separation, spring, spring of Beauty, translation, Urdu to English, Waitsatoripublishing2013

Night and day passing by without your arrival
As yet, the Spring has wilted in the Garden of Life
As yet, the world I imagined is in mourning

You guaranteed my desire turned to grief, beloved
Up to now it resides in all my loneliness
The long nights are still as long, beloved

My despondent eyes thirst for a sight of you
The spring of Beauty, cruelly restricted, for how long?
Before escaping, bear this trial of patience, for how long?

On your promise I took a lot of grief upon myself
The claim of patient forbearance was wrong, come to me
I am worn out, my aching mind needs peace.

( my translation of a poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz ).

Night Music

May 3, 2020Poemsbeautiful, cluster of stars, desire, dream, exotic, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, intoxication, love, midnight, Milky Way, Mirage, moon, Night Music, passion, poem, poetry, romantic, self oblivion, sensual, Silence, timeless, translation, universal, Urdu to Englishsatoripublishing2013

Midnight, moon, self oblivion
The past and present assembled in limbo
Silence, in the form of a prayer
Blesses the cluster of gloomy stars

A cascade of silence flowing
The sense of self crushed from four directions
As if life is part of a dream
As if the whole world is a mirage
Asleep atop of the dense trees
The tired voice of moonlight

The Milky Way, with half-open eyes
Tells of the traditions offered with love
With the silent strings of the heart
I am sizzling in a state of intoxication
Desire, dream, your face beautiful.

(my translation of a poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz).