Excuse me, for yet another translation!

This blog is a beast
as it craves and craves to eat
thought after a poor thought
of my famished mind;
since I’m a person very kind,
I don’t hesitate to feed
it with trans-creations
of the others’ mind
to help it grow
with its greedy ways ..
The Decision
I too gave up
the desire to reach the shore.
I too resigned myself
to the [...]

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Like A Season Goes By ..

The flowers on your
embroidered dopatta would
remain fresh,
(like the ones I would place
in your locks)
soaked in the midnight rains
of your eyes;
now, sighs, that formed
the thick rain-clouds
are no more to rise
as you trample the wilted
leaves of our blooming love
evoking thoughts
of an autumn that came too soon

P.S: I was taken by a pleasant surprise to see a publication [...]

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I ask you, love, to judge by yourself!

Since I have not been able to write my mind of late, I’ve found it apt to try and translate someone else’, so here ’s another R.K. Majrooh poem that might make to a collection of my translations to be included in his upcoming book of Pushto poetry.
la sta da ishq awo sta da [...]

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Two Hykus In Translation

In Pushto: Rahim Khan Majrooh
1) Ya kha buzdil ya kha ashna de zama
che pa maray zama charha teravee
awo zaroorat mehsoosavi da naqab
He is either a friend or a coward to extreme
While slitting my throat
He feels the need to cover his face

2) za che tarsou na wom panah la kali
ma che har [...]

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A Rebuttal Of Fate

We are built
to be eroded
with the blows of time.
Now when I lose a piece
here or a chunk there,
I hold it tight, the treasure of
love, kept in the safety of heart
sealed with ego;
just don’t hand time
the stilettos of your lashes
to exhume it.
Preserved, this love
will mock the vicious ways
of our fate,
that crumbs us to death
after luring us [...]

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Faraz Kaisay Bhulaoo’N Teray Firaaq Ka Ghum!

Yesterday, August 25th was the first death anniversary of the revolutionary poet Ahmad Faraz. His absence still confounds the logic, for his words, his magic is all around us. We felt an overwhelming presence of the spirit of Faraz in the recent Lawyers Movement and his pugnacity is always cited where there is a struggle [...]

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The Dual Challenge — A Repost

Below here is the repost of a poem I wrote sometimes back. It has become quite a norm when we celebrate the independence of Pakistan amid the perils to the very unity of our dear homeland courtesy a plethora of internal and external threats. Yet our hopes remain intact to see the vibes of passion [...]

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A Translation From Pushto ..

In Pushto by Rahim Khan Majrooh
Translation by Aadil Omer
The events of the last connection
of our relation were so sudden,
so ephemeral that I couldn’t sense it.

I can’t remember what we talked about last
except the words that you uttered,
‘I leave you to the protection of God,
‘You leave me to the protection of God.’

In a state of shock, [...]

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In Love For The Night

Slumber in the shades
of your locks is naivete
hence I walk deep in
to the core of your soul
to heal my dreams away
from the piercing claws
of the sunbeams.
Night, o’ night,
why can’t you fight
that big, burning beast
who gnaws at your dark self
bit by bit, reducing you
to nothing.
Unlike you, I won’t
expose you to the perils
of the day; come dwell
in [...]

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Death Of Ideas

My laments on the states of ‘poemlessness’ or ‘writers block’ have become sort of cliche as I still crave for a smooth flow of ideas to my mind onto the pen and paper. Every now and then I try to break those shackles but the results seem way below my satisfaction. The poem below is [...]

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