POETRY
If I Were to Write, What Words Should Grace the Page?
βPOEM by Nasir Karim
(Translated from Urdu by Dr. Bushra Shoukat)
A blood vessel weeps, countless syllables wounded,
Day and night unravel from the fluttering eyelids.
If I were to write, what verses should bloom for you?
Perhaps you sense,
When solitude congeals instead of ink on paper,
How futile it is to etch or leave it bare!
When an obstruction shadows the path of rays,
The sunrise,
Dawn’s embrace,
The unfolding daylight,
All lose their significance.
Preferences and aversionsβwhat matter do they hold?
These are mere utterances,
Much like saying water feels sublime when rivers flow by.
Ask the soil tethered to the riverbanks about the throes of love,
In the love of this water,
How arduous it is to uproot and venture to foreign lands,
Never to find the familiar banks again.
Thatβs all I have to inscribe for you,
For those who are lost here,
Rarely find their way back again!
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(Translated from Urdu by Dr. Bushra Shoukat)
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Nasir Karim Khan
Born on September 3rd, 1970, in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan, Nasir Karim Khan is a poet and educationist. He holds a Masterβs degree in English Language and Literature from Punjab University, Lahore. After teachingΒ as a Lecturer of English Language at Pakistan Embassy College in 1997, an Instructor at Vocational Training Institute Bahawal Nagar in 2000, and Communication Skills at Islamia University Bahawal Pur, heΒ founded Springtide School in 2005.
Nasir Karim Khan has published collection of Urdu poemsΒ βYahaβn Bas Ret Udti HyβΒ (Naught, But the Sands Dance Hereβ) in 2000. He has also translated poems and short stories from Urdu to English.Β He received the Best Emerging Poet Award from BBC London in 1989. His work has been featured in various publications, and heβs going to publish his second book of poems this year.
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Dr. Bushra Shoukat
Dr. Bushra Shaukat is a PhD in English
Literature (Applied Linguistics). Currently, she is serving as Head of English
Department, Islamia University Bahawalpur (Bahawalnagar Campus). She has also
served as a Visiting Professor and Lecturer at Manchanabad Campus of Sargodha
University.
Dr. Bushra Shaukatβs articles often appear
in the national and international English journals. She also presents her
papers in domestic and foreign conferences. Dr. Bushra Shaukat not only has a
keen eye on modern English literature but she also reads Urdu translations. She
has translated many works from Urdu Literature to English.
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very well poem
well written nice
Beautiful poem
Beautiful