<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=465033" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Line Of Control</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They come to see us<br>In the company of winds and rains<br>Their whispers are heard<br>Besides the doors<br>And empty corridors are filled<br>With the shimmering garments and scented bodies.<br>Leaping over the walls, slipping down the roofs and sun shades<br>Walking with voiceless steps like the shadows of clouds<br>Eyes see them crossing the silence <br>Of half paved courtyards<br>Far from reach<br>Moving towards measureless distances.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The windows yawn with mouth agape<br>And ponder on that; <br>Overthrowing the earth, nestled comfortably on its breast<br>Looking triumphantly towards the sky<br>These mountains, beyond them<br>There must be a lake<br>And birds and nimbus clouds<br>And thickets of trees running into each other<br>Uneven grassy plains<br>Herds of sheep and lonely shepherds<br>And pathways running far away<br>There must be some village, some city<br>Or some other country<br>Where some other poet (like myself) lives<br>Writing verses! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Demarcation is easy on parchments<br>A few dots and lines delimitate<br>Mountains, rills, streams, sloping grounds<br>Fields, settlements, jurisdictions, ownerships and regions<br>Passes and secret paths<br>Even forts and battlements with rows of iron - clad heads<br>Can be drawn.<br>But while pointing out the shadows overstepping the walls<br>Extending to doors, windows, courtyards<br>And the silence spread up to the remote recesses of the hearts, <br>The sun and rain change their hue<br>On the ground plan.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Translated from Urdu into English by Prof. Ghulam Jilani Asghar)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Naseer+Ahmed+Nasir">Naseer Ahmed Nasir</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=465033" data-title="Line Of Control de Naseer Ahmed Nasir" data-description="They come to see us In the company of winds and rains Their whispers are heard Besides the doors And empty corridors are filled With the shimmering garments and scented bodies. Leaping over the walls, slipping down the roofs and sun shades Walking..."></div> </div> </div>

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