This poem was translated by Professor Carlo Coppola as part of the MULOSIGE Translations project. You can explore our collection of Urdu Poetry here.
ʻAhd-i vafā / Pledge of Fidelity
This branch under which you stand in tears, here, a few years ago
I met a small girl whom I took into my arms and asked, “My child, why do
You stand here crying?” Showing me the flower garland in her worn-out scarf;
She said, “There!” (she pointed with her fingers) “There, on that side”
Where domes of a tall palace and the black mill chimney thrust their heads into the sky,
She told me, “Rami, I will bring you ornaments of silver and gold.”
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From: Yāden̲ (Remembrances), 1963. p. 87
This branch under which you stand in tears, here, a few years ago
I met a small girl whom I took into my arms and asked, “My child, why do
You stand here crying?” Showing me the flower garland in her worn-out scarf;
She said, “There!” (she pointed with her fingers) “There, on that side”
Where domes of a tall palace and the black mill chimney thrust their heads into the sky,
She told me, “Rami, I will bring you ornaments of silver and gold.”
.
From: Yāden̲ (Remembrances), 1963. p. 87
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