This poem was translated by Professor Carlo Coppola as part of the MULOSIGE Translations project. You can explore our collection of Urdu Poetry here.

Professor Carlo Coppola, Oakland University

Ek naẓm / A Poem

In our hearts

The light

Of one or two virtues still glows

Only because

We 

Are afflicted by the fear of death.

But after a few days

This fear too 

Will disappear from our heart.

.

From:  Āk̲h̲irī din kī talāsh (Search for the Last Day). Allāhābād: Shabk̲h̲ūn Kitāb G̲h̲ar, 1968. p. 29

             

In our hearts

The light

Of one or two virtues still glows

Only because

We 

Are afflicted by the fear of death.

But after a few days

This fear too 

Will disappear from our heart.

.

From:  Āk̲h̲irī din kī talāsh (Search for the Last Day). Allāhābād: Shabk̲h̲ūn Kitāb G̲h̲ar, 1968. p. 29