Kept On Compromising on Life

Kept On Compromising on Life

Kept on compromising on life
kept reciting poetry, kept blazing
 
I burned down with the lamps
Your arrival was only a dream
 
I cannot explain how much I remember
Of you in this monsoon
 
City people! Did the breeze convey
Our village of flower, scent and lantern?
 
You befriended the firefly
We kept searching for stars
 
Those who could not know union
kept writing the story of separation
 

Original Poem by

Noshi Gillani

Translated by

Nukhbah Langah with Lavinia Greenlaw Language

Urdu

Country

Pakistan