Moti Lal Saqi (1936-1999)
a screen grab from an old docu on Kashmir made in 1980s.
-0- I would go home to my village, This city has stolen my rest… My head on a stone in the willow-grove, I’d sleep and sleep till end of day. The shade of chinar in these mine eyes, I’d drain the spring and cool myself … ~ Saqi writing in Jammu. Tr. by Neerja Mattoo-0-
