Sher:
Khule asmaa me main kabhi udta nahi,
Shazar wo purana agar tootata nhi.
Translation (Lantern):
When
a sheltering
tree falls, you
finally see the limitless
sky.
Author’s note:
Ghostly
claws shred
me from within
until I cry. Damn
diet!
Author’s note: Lantern is a Japanese forn of potery with 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 syllables creating the shape of a lantern. Usually it is about much deeper topics but dieting makes me shallow. 😁
Trees
ceased flowering
mourning the one
who deserted ruined garden,
in disgust.
Jinki yaad me shazar pe gulo ne ugna chood diya,
Unhi ne hikarat se sunsaan gulistaa chhod diya.
Author’s note: A Lantern (Japanese style of poetry with 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 words) translated in an Urdu sher (couplet). Mine is “nearly a Lantern” because the last line has two words.
Sun
kisses
the ground but
winter reigns my
heart.
Storm
rocks my
paper ship–
drenched, not drowned–
ever.
Author’s note: Lantern is a type of descriptive poetry from Japan that follows the syllable structure of one, two, three, four and one syllables per line to shape a lantern when the words are centered to middle.
Short Stories | Fish-eye Perspective 