Today, I write to you from a faraway land I don’t know when my words will reach you, If you’ll get to read my letters or my songs. I hear rumours of men marching towards your city Men with guns and laathis and power; Power that controls us, tortures us, leaves us powerless in our…
The Murderer and the Murdered I have never found it in my heart,to clean my room.I like it muddy and untidyโthe kind of chaos, that accompaniesa frantic search for the passport,just before leaving for the airport. A madness walking naked,turning my walls into New York Subways,where trains leave from one city to anothertravelling through holes…
My mind is a graveyard where voices go to sleep. How do I tell you I am barren today?If satisfaction was not bought with a few clicks,I would have sailed too, like Odyssey and spit on his grave,named myself the only Queen of Ithaca. Haven’t I travelled to worlds far beyond?Haven’t I seen God in…
Translated from Kashmiri by Dr Mufti Mudassir Glory to Him who created lifeEarth, heaven, love and knowledge Countless blessings to the ProphetHis noble companions and family A thousand eulogies to his four friendsWho are the four pillars of the faith Ovations offered, mark my wordsA love tale of Sheereen, Khusrau and Farhaad Nizami says so…