The Letter
by Kajal Ahmad
On a simple page the moon
sent this simple line
to the sun's house:
‘I have waited for you all these years
and was too shy to ask you:
Why don't you marry me?'
And the sun sent an answer
through one of the stars
‘All these years
I have been hiding from you
I didn't want to tell you that I don't dare to.'
The literal translation of this poem was made by Choman Hardi
The final translated version of the poem is by Mimi Khalvati
© Poetry Translation Centre 2004-2012
Faris Mughal says:
very rare i see the deepest thought in a simple way..here in Pakistan i myself a poet but despite im young ,i cant express this kind of feeling in my poetry..this a attribute of poetess like Kajal .you put the moon in feminine gender and sun in mascunine...awsum