selected poems of AHMAD NADEEM QASMI

[Saraah]

selected poems of

AHMAD NADEEM QASMI

selected by

Baidar Bakht and Perveen Shakir

Translated from urdu by

Baidar bakht
Perveen Shakir
and
Leslie Lavigne

Published by​

PAKISTAN ACADEMY OF LETTERS​

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PlayFul Weather
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Thundering rain-clouds rise from the horizen;
Trees dance in ecstasy;
But the chestboard of thoughts is capsized:
Old wounds surface with new style.​

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[دل پاکستانی]

where are other poems?

 

[Saraah]

@ dil pakistani

it s blessing of load shedding

2

PAIN WITHOUT REASON​

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some one in the crowd of children by the street corner,
sang a love song with a sad tune.
im not in love.
why did my eyes melt?​

 

[Saraah]

3

THE THOUGHT OF THE BELOVED

hiding behind the murky curtain,
what was the moon thinking about?
whose thought made the stars
blink their eyes all night?
i wonder
was i the only one,
or was the whole world
thinking about you?​

 

[Saraah]

4

LIFE AND DEATH

''the lips of the sickle
are alive with songs of death
the golden crops bows down gratefully
after being reaped.
someone plays
on the harp of life
in the shadows of ruin
beyond the barn''​