English

 

ODE TO A BENEVOLENT NIGHT

 

There was sunlight,

fierce sunlight

Dust was rising

and the sky was pale

as if it were a reflection

of pain

I, only in the quest

of some shadow,

kept on wandering

from here to

there

to search for you

You were nowhere to

find

and I took refuge

in the night.

 

 

 

 

 

PRISNOR

 

I am big

My cage is small

 

You are small

your cage is big

 

Do you consider

yourself free?

 

(Translated from Urdu by Aftab Husain)