almia/irony
almia
her shub
phir maiN
shikan a'looda
khwaabouN ko
teh kerkay
so jata hooN
irony
each night
i refold (my)
crinkled dreams
& go to sleep
her shub
phir maiN
shikan a'looda
khwaabouN ko
teh kerkay
so jata hooN
irony
each night
i refold (my)
crinkled dreams
& go to sleep
posted by temporal at 10/12/2015
2 Comments:
Lovely poem! I would have translated the line as "wrinkled dreams" to better that wonderful texture of dreams wrinkled like skin that is captured in the urdu of shikan a'looda
thank you for your comment
wrinkle could work also:)
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