These are my English translations of Urdu poems by Jaun Elia, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmad Faraz, Nida Fazli, Mirza Ghalib, Gulzar, Rahat Indori, Allama Iqbal, Amir Khusrow, Mir Taqi Mir, Miraji, Momin Khan Momin, Munir Niazi, Rabindranath Tagore, and other outstanding Urdu poets.
RAHAT INDORI
Intimacy
by Rahat Indori
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I held the Sun, Stars and Moon at a distance
till the time your hands touched mine.
......
These are my English translations of Urdu poems by Jaun Elia, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmad Faraz, Nida Fazli, Mirza Ghalib, Gulzar, Rahat Indori, Allama Iqbal, Amir Khusrow, Mir Taqi Mir, Miraji, Momin Khan Momin, Munir Niazi, Rabindranath Tagore, and other outstanding Urdu poets.
RAHAT INDORI
Intimacy
by Rahat Indori
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I held the Sun, Stars and Moon at a distance
till the time your hands touched mine.
......