Sammu, what do you like most?
The redolent morning breeze
Every day
That blows across the land
Heart of the evening
Shaped out of clouds
Sammu, what do you say?
If I place the moon
In your window
Sammu what do you like most?
If a boat,
I carve out of a star
Along with moist-laden whispers of the ocean
Would you sail towards me?
Sammu what do you like most?
My desperate heart,
Now-a-days,
Asks me to mould your beauty into a song
And cast it to the flock of evening birds
And hearken the melancholy birds chanting for you
Sammu what do you like most?
The fragrant morning breeze
Heart of the evening
Window of the moon
The boat, carved out of a star
Or the song of your beauty
Chanted by the birds
Sammu what do you like most?
This is the translated version of a Balochi poem written by Munir Momin
Published in Daily Times, December 15th 2017.