Ahmed Faiz, Faiz

English

University of Montana

CutBank Volume 1 Issue 14 CutBank 14 Article 8 Spring 1980 The Day Death Comes translated by Naomi Lazard Faiz Ahmed Faiz Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1980) "The Day Death Comes translated by Naomi Lazard," CutBank: Vol. 1 : Iss. 14 , Article 8. Available at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank/vol1/iss14/8 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in CutBank by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. Faiz Ahm ed FaizTHE DAY DEATH COMESW hat will it be like, the day death comes?Perhaps like the gift at the beginning of night, the first kiss on the lips given unasked, the kiss that opens the way to worlds of marvels while, in the distance, a Spring of unknown flowers agitates the heart of the moon.Perhaps in this way: when the morning, green with shimmering buds, begins to sway in the bedroom  of the beloved, and the tinkle of stars as they rush to depart can be heard on the silent windows.W hat will it be like, the day death comes?Perhaps like a vein screaming with the prem onition of pain under the edge of a knife, as a shadow, the assassin holding the knife, spreads out with a wing spanfrom one end of the world to the other.Whichever way death comes, whenever it comes, there will be the same word of farewell to the heart: “Thank God it is finished, the night of the broken-hearted. Praise be to the meeting of lips,the honeyed lips I have know n.”translated by Naomi Lazard12

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