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