Poetry in Translation

Day 115 of the Kashmir Siege

 

halmas sheen

athann soor

dilas shishargaanth

—By Aliya Nazki

 

Snow furrows my phiran

Ashes: my hands

Icicle: my heart

 

Aliya Nazki, a Presenter at BBC Urdu, based in London, was born and raised in Kashmir.

Translated from the Kashmiri by Rafiq Kathwari /@brownpundit