I liked To Know_ Farrukh Ahmad

I liked To Know

Farrukh Ahmad

I liked to hear: why her momentary disappearance

Had in my Mind’s domain a sense of hard waiting,

As if for eternity. She replied, night and day

Her eyes kept tireless watch on my movements

I liked to hear: whether the forests’ sound

Could satiate her thirst for human voice.

Ever-bewitching she told me that

She was all ears for my voice and still not satisfied.

I liked to hear: whether the blooming lotus-petals

Were softer than her body’s ever-tender touch?

She replied that her greedy bosom was still unappeased;

And no other touch was worthy to remember.

I liked to hear; what moments was most desirable

She did not reply and my heart was eager for her touch

Translat by Abdur Rashid Khan