“Enliven Prayer”
Starting to sting
Once again.
Serpent nights.
Winds are cascading fire,
Spread over
A withered body.
Just the way clouds advance
Their embraces.
Parveen Shakir (24 November 1952 - 26 December 1994)
Translated from the Urdu by M.S. Alverston, 02/11/11.
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