the urge to speak the truth
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Sahitya Akademi
The Urge to Speak the TruthAuthor(s): Shahryar and Salman KureishySource: Indian Literature, Vol. 51, No. 3 (239) (May-June 2007), p. 50Published by: Sahitya AkademiStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23340450 .
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News Flash
The animals are engaged in a fight A news flash from the forest has just arrived
From the lips of my fellow citizens
Have issued tales of past migrations Their vision has abandoned the earth and shifted to the sky While the winds hysterically wail and cry
Oh, what have my ears and eyes treated me to!
A news flash from the forest has just arrived
Translatedfrom Urdu by Salman Kureishy
The Urge to Speak the Truth
For once, let this be done
Among those who speak the truth
Count me as one
Translated from Urdu by Salman Kureishy
In the Vicinity of the Body
Lips coated with sand, roses in hands
I hear the quivering whispers of a river's flow
This strange aura!
Whom do I feel in the vicinity of my body?
Translatedfrom Urdu by Salman Kureishy
The Pleasures of Being Awake!
My lips locked onto yours
My hands
A weighing scale for your body
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