Sunday, November 16, 2008

THE FIRE





Nasir Kazmi: Deewan: Ghazal No. 18; Page No. 38





















I have called at the front of massacre!
I have announced the voice of my heart!
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Before, I had broken a gap in the door.
This time I‘ve shaken the foundation!
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Such a tale I began at daybreak,
I have dimmed the lantern of day.
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With sparks from the blaze of sorrow,
I have set my prison to flames.
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The hands of the wind have wilted.
I have nourished the flowers on fire.
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The Spark in the rose,
The Flare of the flute,

I have provoked all who burn.
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The lost voice of forgotten eras

I have poured
In the bosom of the flute
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Since the revelation of the Moon
I have roused the night tonight!




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