Two Kashmiri Ghazals by Ather Zia
Ather Zia recites two of her ghazals in Kashmiri for a people and their land, where the idea of a "prolonged longing" has emerged, such that time is always out of joint because space has been bent and constricted. It is in such spaces and under such circumstances where the poetic verse resists despa
Ghazal I
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yakh basteh ta'ran waeshun mizrab nazar aaw
wozill-maisoom'kis naeras Chenab nazar aaw
aes be-aaram dal'kiss wawas che palzan subuh shaam
ama, kansi ma su sani hisuk taab nazar aaw
ye shayy phir phir wedd gatchan, dapaan mitcherr atch
su prani Lalchowkeh wutchmut khaab nazar aaw
chu angott myoun buth basaan nazdeek adman yetkyen
apari balan ken matten lobeylubab nazar aaw
dapan chem hyeli gaerr, roodeh daedi harri akh akh posh
be kya wanhekh, me gulaban hyund sailaab nazar aaw
Ghazal II
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gulabow soz meti akh dael, yath wearaan shahras manz
yakinitch gunaseh gayye beyi nael, yath wearaan shahras manz
me digi digi sombermut akh kaal oas towoonzadd reatchan
me ma payy wyedd che temiss ael, yath wearaan shahras manz
onun brunh beyi suuy manzar, khonni lalwaan yetan jehlum
dal'an zaneh beyi be kodnass sael, yath wearaan shahras manz
me zonneh gashas wanouyew tchayi kad thak chuy agar mokjaar
tem dopnum az te kad'hem khael, yath wearaan shahras manz
setha goam kaal chuss praran wetchem kayanaat khabas manz
aenin chesman diwaan chuss zael, yath wearaan shahras manz
myani noorik khodaya, gateh kasithey peyi wunal atchan peth
jawab te che gamit saweal, yath wearaan shahras manz
