In a building near the shore
Where no one reaches alone
Except me and a neighborhood dog
I am learning a new language
To converse with
Myself.
From: https://iwp.uiowa.edu/91st/vol9-num1/afzal-ahmed-syed-two-poems
Date: 2009 (original in Urdu); 2016 (translation in English)
By: Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946- )
Translated by: Taimoor Shahid (19??- )