November 21st, 2009

Mute Love – Meena Kumari’s Poem

Meena Kumari's Sketch

Meena Kumari's Sketch

Flame
Clothed in ashes,
Corpse of ice
In a coffin of lava,
Mute love
Wrapped in notoriety.
Sacred drops
Of dirty tears
Crowding the Holy river.
A din rising noiselessly
A paradise startled.
Waiting silence.
Limits on limitless feelings.
Vagabond soul, wandering
Seeking the valley of lights
Facing the truth at every bend.
One truth in two garbs –
Love and Death.

Poem by Meena Kumari – Sketch and Translations (from the Urdu) by Fatima Ahmed

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