Like a Wild Flower

by Parween Faiz Zadah Malaal

Like a wild flower waiting for rain
Like a river bank thirsty to be touched by pitchers
Like dawn, longing for light
Wants/needs a moment to take a breath.

And like a house
Like a house which is ruined/destroyed without a woman/(wife)
Likewise, the tired man of our times
Wants/needs a moment to sleep/rest
On the arms of peace/serenity/tranquillity.

The literal translation of this poem was made by Dawood Azami

The final translated version of the poem is by The Poetry Translation Workshop

Comments

  1. July 9th, 2011 at 11:09 am

    obaid says:

    very nice site....and perfect translation brother....keep it up....because we need you to do this for our afghanistan society...and for the culture and everythings../

     

  2. July 7th, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    Noor Mohammad says:

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  3. February 24th, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Sailani Sabah says:

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  4. December 17th, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    Joshua says:

    Thank-you for opening the eyes of those of us who don't know pashto and dari, so that we can be amazed, refreshed and transported into the worlds of these talented poets and cherished human beings.

  5. May 24th, 2010 at 11:46 am

    aryen says:

    good translation.... we need its pushto version yar.. agha owayo che sahi pe orasoo kana....

  6. March 28th, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    rana says:

    so nice and wonderfull translation , Dawood Azami is really best translator and he is perfect afghan pashtun writter and jurnalist .

  7. October 21st, 2009 at 4:50 am

    ahmad says:

    may i say that you guys are doing an excelent job, so keep it up

  8. April 20th, 2009 at 10:53 am

    baryalai helmand says:

    Very nice poem and perfect TRANSLATION , i have been reading parween malaal poetry since my childhood , she has perfectly presented the a pictue of women life of afghanistan in general and life of pashtoon women in particular .

    The efforts of Dawood Azami , who is a famous pashtoon jurnalist and a good friend of mine is also praise worthy .

    and i heartly appreciate the greate work of poetry translation center . God bless you 


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