Have you ever ventured br Beyond the dreams br Where the sulking night br Angry with her lovers, the moon and the stars br Dabs her bare body with ashes br And dances around a bonfire? br br Have you ever peeped behind eyelashes br Into tired blue eyes br Where a whole world of woe br Swims in spaces unfathomed? br br Have you ever spent a day br Under the greenwood trees br Erect sentry-like on each side of the road br Where the sun struggles br To find its way? br br Have you ever asked br A wayfarer, a stranger br The directions to the house br Of the one br Whose waning footprints br The winds kiss br Wandering about from town to town? br br (Translated from the original Urdu by Satyapal Anand)br br Naseer Ahmed Nasirbr br