Highway
A despondent highway is stretched,
its eyes set on the far horizon
On the cold dirt of its bosom,
its grayish beauty spread
As if some saddened woman
in her lonely abode, lost in thought.
In contemplation of union with her Beloved
every pore sore, limbs limp with exhaustion
(Lamenting Caricature)
Translation by Hamid Rahim Sheikh www.ece.utexas.edu/~sheikh/poetry/faiz
