The Fifth Loner.. Translation By Yasmeen Hameed Poem by Naseer Ahmed Nasir
The Fifth Loner.. Translation By Yasmeen Hameed
Beginning in the eyes
dreams end up at soles of feet.
The river is yet without a bridge.
For the earth is to become a path, a route,
centuries, a journey must endure.
Racing with water and wind
time overtakes me
and I, the lone
traveler of earth,
lagging way behind you,
holding close, the
left-overs of life,
from the farthest edge
of my expanse
wait for the universe to shrink.
They clay-lamp's flame
frightens the ghost of night.
The sky-canopy is too small;
the light more abundant than my heart.
But drams have a life, longer than all distances.
In seasons divine,
when stars, like flowers will bloom
and around sun-fire will hover, butterflies,
your moon-face will appear
through branches of eternal dusk.
If you'll have the strength
to endure and wait,
then, with a new arrangement of elements,
I'll come for you ….!
Poem by: Naseer Ahmed Nasir,1994.
Translated from the original Urdu into English by Yasmeen Hameed.
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This is a good poem, i dont know the poem without you translated it, and i think you done it very well even he original (your mother tongue language) may sounds better..but this is good and nice! ! keep it up_Unwritten Soul
Beautiful a journey through the soul......Love, Light, Beauty left behind.....the fragrance beautifies the readers heart also. Yes, poet NASEER, the superior habitant of earth, it is only possible by a poet like you to write with deep...deepest submission... Beginning in the eyes / dreams end up at soles of feet... Next line is magnificent, enriched with strong metaphor and imagery....THE RIVER IS YET WITHOUT A BRIDGE.....sufficient for me to be ignited. Thank you for sharing. Bon voyage.......and again with the eternal thirst I also shout silently ' I'll come for you................. 10++++ Regards, pranab
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5/6/2024 3:49:55 PM # 1.0.0.1119
In seasons divine, when stars, like flowers will bloom, great poem indeed