Fahmida Riaz

urdujščina

Patricia L. Sharpe

angleščina

مری چمبيلی كی نرم خوشبو

© Fahmida Riaz
Iz: Four Walls and a Black Veil
Karachi, Pakistan: Ameena Saiyid, Oxford University Press, 2004
ISBN: 0 19 597711 4
Avdio produkcija: 2005, M.Mechner / Literaturwerkstatt Berlin

The soft fragrance of my Jasmine

The soft fragrance of my jasmine
Floats on the breeze
Plays with the hand of the wind,
Is setting off in search of you.

The soft fragrance of my jasmine
Has curled around my wrists,
My arms, my throat.
It has woven chains about me.

It lurks in the fogging night,
Seeps through the darkening cold.
Rustling through the leafy thicket,
It's setting off in search of you.

Translated by Patricia L. Sharpe



© Oxford University Press



published in: Fahmida Riaz: Four Walls and a Black Veil.
Foreword by Aamer Hussein. Karachi: Oxford University Press 2004