Faisal Mohyuddin
Faisal Mohyuddin is the author of Elsewhere: An Elegy (Next Page, 2024), The Displaced Children of Displaced Children (Eyewear, 2018), and The Riddle of Longing (Backbone, 2017). He teaches English at Highland Park High School in suburban Chicago and creative writing at Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies. He also serves as a Master Practitioner with the global not-for-profit Narrative 4 and is a visual artist. www.faisalmohyuddin.com.
Poetry (translation)
کچھ دنوں کی شروعات ایسے
بھولنے کا خوف میں ٹھیک ہوں
رینگتا ہے میرے منہ میں لفظ کی طرح
POETIC RENDITIONS – COLUMN 1
We began our translation work with Tara Skurtu’s poem “Some Days Begin Like This” on a Sunday afternoon in late March 2024, in the middle of Ramadan.