POETRY
Bilingual Haiku / زو لسانی ہائیکو / Zu-lisani Haiku
#1
by Saad Ali, translated into Urdu by the poet
after ‘Window in the Country’ by Marc Chagall, 1915; Liozna, near Vitebsk, Belarus
7 a.m. frappé—
through pellucid window
upside down rainbow
مارک شَگال کی تصویر ‘دیہی علاقے میں کھڑکی’ ، ۱۹۱۵ (لیازنا۔ ویٹیپسک، بیلاروس کے قریب) کے طرز پر
—صبح سات بجے فراپے
صاف وشفاف کھڑکی کے پار
اوندھی قوسِ قزح
Marc Chagall ki tasweer ‘Dehi Ilaqe mein Khirki,’ 1915 (Liozna – Vitebsk, Belarus ke qareeb) ke tarz per
subah saat baje frappé—
saaf-o-shaffaaf khirki ke paar
ondhi qaus-e-qazah
Saad Ali (he/him; b. 1980) is a bilingual poet-philosopher from the UK and Pakistan. He has authored seven books of poetry, including Owl Of Pines: Sunyata (AuthorHouse, ’21). His poetry & micro/flash fictions appear in an array of multidimensional literary journals and anthologies, including The Ekphrastic Review, The Mackinaw, The Haiku Shack Magazine, The Aleph Review, Jackdaw Review, among others. His work has been translated into Arabic, and nominated for Best of the Net, Best Microfiction & Best Small Fictions. His ekphrases have been showcased at art exhibitions in Alberta (Canada), Queensland (Australia) & Seattle (USA). More about him here.

