My luggage!
Posted on: February 6, 2013
- In: Poetry
- 6 Comments
My luggage is laid in empty room,
Secretly hidden are some wishes;
Relics of dreams lay safely there,
Some flowers hidden unwillingly;
Spirit kept searching for a friend—!
My pride strolled hither and thither;
But, scent of my soil didn’t ascend!
My pride dishonored in alien’s land;
A lamp of hope, lighted in eerie
Eyes, in murky, gloomy nights;
The body thawed like mud in water
Discoloring colors, in monsoon rain;
The door’s kept open for you——-
My luggage is laid in empty room!
Composed by Shaista Farrukh Mufti
Translated by, Tanveer Rauf
6 Responses to "My luggage!"
February 7, 2013 at 7:46 AM
Dark secrets, dashed hopes – all stored in an “empty” room.
February 7, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Mrs Rauf this is a marvelous beyond my expectations !! i feel that u enter my heart and see all those hurt that has f been lying there hidden for so long , to be very honest i have given up any hope of healing , but when ever u do a translation of any of my work u give me a feeling that there is some one out there who knows my sufferings , how do u do it is a mystery ,
February 7, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Thank you Shaista beta. you know i translate when i feel it deep inside myself. I don’t translate everything you know it. Allah pak tumko sakoon de ameen
March 12, 2013 at 6:14 AM
Tanveerji please listen to this song its beautiful its divine
please listen to this song
February 6, 2013 at 8:09 PM
A very touching translation of the fine poetry