ملبے کے نیچے سے باہر نکلتے ہوئے
مجھے تمہاری اک جھلک دکھائی دی
تم غداروں کی گاڑی میں تھے
مگر فرسٹ کلاس میں نہیں
تم تو خیانت میں بھی
پہلا نمبر نہ لے پائے
Najwan Darwish is a Palestinian poet born in Jerusalem in 1978. He published his first book of poetry in 2000 and has been an important literary figure ever since. His poetry has been translated into over twenty languages.
The New York Review of Books described him as “one of the foremost Arabic-language poets of his generation”.
Hammad Rind is a Welsh-Pakistani writer and translator. His debut novel Four Dervishes (Seren Books, 2021) was longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award. He translated Knotted Grief (Zuka Books) by Indian poet, Naveen Kishore, into Urdu under the title Uljha Gham in 2022. Hammad did a BA in English and Persian literature at the Punjab University, Lahore, and an MA in film making at the Kingston University, London. He is currently writing his second novel as well as working along with Welsh poet, Iestyn Tyne, on a Welsh translation of works by Palestinian poet, Najwan Darwish.