DIAPHANOUS (Ahmad Naseem Qasimi)

Urdu Poetry from Pakistan in Translation


Screws and Turns of Body and Soul

How diaphanous was your
body when you passed
by me yesterday!

I saw the calmness of a
lake spread all over your
face, and when I turned my
glances to your heart,

I saw the
upheavals of hell,
as if struck by an
earthquake.

Note: The original Urdu poem of
Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi here

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