Have you ever ventured <br />Beyond the dreams <br />Where the sulking night <br />Angry with her lovers, the moon and the stars <br />Dabs her bare body with ashes <br />And dances around a bonfire? <br /> <br />Have you ever peeped behind eyelashes <br />Into tired blue eyes <br />Where a whole world of woe <br />Swims in spaces unfathomed? <br /> <br />Have you ever spent a day <br />Under the greenwood trees <br />Erect sentry-like on each side of the road <br />Where the sun struggles <br />To find its way? <br /> <br />Have you ever asked <br />A wayfarer, a stranger <br />The directions to the house <br />Of the one <br />Whose waning footprints <br />The winds kiss <br />Wandering about from town to town? <br /> <br />(Translated from the original Urdu by Satyapal Anand)<br /><br />Naseer Ahmed Nasir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-did-you-see-her/
