Kept on compromising on life <br />kept reciting poetry, kept blazing <br /> <br />I burned down with the lamps <br />Your arrival was only a dream <br /> <br />I cannot explain how much I remember <br />Of you in this monsoon <br /> <br />City people! Did the breeze convey <br />Our village of flower, scent and lantern? <br /> <br />You befriended the firefly <br />We kept searching for stars <br /> <br />Those who could not know union <br />kept writing the story of separation <br /> <br />[Translated by Nukhbah Langah and Lavinia Greenlaw]<br /><br />Noshi Gilani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kept-on-compromising-on-life/
