ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF VUNAL (FOG) , A KASHMIRI POEM BY STALWART MODERN KASHMIRI POET DINA NATH NAADIM.

                                     

 

FOG....

TO THIS PHOTO I ADD A KASHMIRI POEM VUNAL OR FOG BY MODERN KASHMIRI POET DINA NATH NAADIM..

( Vunal )

Na chhu Buth Thar Ath
Na chhu Soorath Kaanh
 Anzaen Khayaala Mothmu’t
Shaayad  Tarnyomut
Kaemmi Taam Prutchhus Naava
Dopnuss tchei Gaaikha Vunal?
Koelli Baeth Baeth Paetch Loa’t Loa’t
Khaetch Kochuv kienn
Vatta Meinaan Raetchi Raetchi Bradaan
Donvaai Narrie Gilnavaan,
Zun Gam e Duniyaah !
Pra’th Kaa’nsi Sanaan
Prath Kaansi Yahaai zun Vu’nna Valaan
Hunga Munga Tchalli Kuenn Dazzi Gaelli Aakhir
Akh Aekk Sundh Buth Dyavaa Aessi Ti Vutchhav

( Dina Nath Naadim )


My simple and hurried english rendering goes like this .....


( Fog )

We never saw its face ,
Never did we see its back either ,
Shapeless ,
Like a long forgotten thought,
Or an  Unfamiliar reflection that turned cold ;
Someone puts up a question  ;
What is your Name ?
Are you Fog ?
 Very silently it moved past the river banks
And filled the lanes and narrow paths ,
  Measuring passageways
And looking carefully at everything around,
It swept us ,
Like the sorrows of this  existence
That are delivered from all sides by both the hands .
Engulfing  everything ,
It made everyone to slip into obscurity  ,
Surely , it shall  vanish of its own  ,
Die with warmth
And melt away .
And at that moment  alone,
We may be able to see each other’s face ..


( Autar Mota )



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