Wednesday, May 20, 2009

naisaiku - week 14

[ echoes of indian poetry - 7 ]

" ug raha hai dar-o-deewar pay subzah ghalib
hum haiN veeranay meiN aur ghar meiN bahar aayi hai " ~ ghalib / {a different citation reads -

' Hum biyabaan mein hain ' instead of ' hum haiN veeranay meiN '- needs verification }


' green growths on the walls
i am in the wilderness
FOR SPRING HAS COME HOME
flaunting green sprouts on my walls
wilderness has me ' .. ~ ghalib

( urdu poetry ~ ghalib )

/ naisaiku / translation / z.g.©

what melancholy
torn by vibrant agonies
A FLOWER INJURED
vibrant with the agonies
was melancholy ..

{ to diana princess of wales - }

/ naisaiku / original /z.g.©

1 comment:

Andy Sewina said...

Hi Zoya, nicely done, love that word 'melancholy', it conjours up so many images.
Thanks for playing along!!