In the Lost City by Prf. Sajjad Shaikh

علی محمد فرشی

گم شدہ شہر میں

ماں کا نام وہ تاریخ بتاتا تھا
ا ور باپ کا۔۔۔
اُس کی ماں کی۔۔۔
یادداشت سے اتر گیا تھا
بادشاہی مسجد کی سیڑھیاں اُترتے ہوئے
یا پھر
چکلے والے چوک میں
کہیں اِدھر اُدھر ہو گیا تھا
کون؟
اُس کا باپ یا وہ خود؟
کوئی نہیں بتاتا

 

In the lost city

He told his mother’s name
was History…
and of his father’s…
had shipped from
his mother’s memory.

While stepping down
the stairs of
Baadshahi Mosque
or had wandered away
from the Red Light Region’s (or brothel’s)
cross roads…
Who?
His father or he himself?
No one tells.

(Translated by Prof. Sajjad Seikh)

 

 

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