Had ocean been my confidant <br />I'd have given it <br />All of my truths for safekeeping <br /> <br />Tales i would have written <br />Of seashells picking girls on beaches <br />Whose golden bodies were <br />Like isles of dreamland <br />But whose fates were <br />Like lines drawn in sand. <br /> <br />Had ocean been my confidant <br />I'd have given it <br />All my loneliness <br />I'd have walked with the wind <br />Clasping its finger in my fist <br />On distant paths <br />From whence no one comes back! <br /> <br />Had ocean been my confidant <br />I'd have given it all my depths <br />Stepping into its limitless <br />Blue bosom <br />I'd have made earth into my bark <br />Sky into my sails <br />I'd have made the woeful moment <br />Of separation <br />A connecting link between you and me. <br /> <br />Had ocean been my confidant! <br /> <br />(Translated from the original Urdu by Satyapal Anand)<br /><br />Naseer Ahmed Nasir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/had-ocean-been-my-confidant/
