Hengav mengav ros, ogul dogul nos ہنٛگو مؠنٛگو رۆس ، اۆگُل دۆگُل نۆس
Na chu gatshan door, na chis nivaan tsoor نَہ چھُ گَھژان دوٗر ، نَہ چھِس نِوان ژوٗر
Taang diwaan zeeth, kanan karaan kreeth ٹانٛگ دِوان زیٖٹھ ، کَنَن کھران کریٖٹھ
Adi ni yiwaan taeth, saas ditas laeth ادٕ نٕہ یِوان ٹھٔٹھؠ ، ساس دِتَس لٔٹھؠ
Lari yemis near, tas khuda shear لرِ یمِس نیِر ، تَس چھُ خُدا شیِر
Na chus wuchaan paas, na chus karaan tsaas نہَ چھُس وُچھان پاس ، نہَ چھُس کران ژاس
Dakas ni aas waar, toati anas chaar دَکَس نے آس وار ، توتہِ انؠس چار
Kaali agar zaav, subah ladtas khaar کالہٕ اگر زاو ، صُبَح لدتَس کھار
Na chus gatshan tasas, na chu wanaan bas نٕہ چھُس گَھژان ژس ، نہَ چھُے ونان بَس
Na chus lagaan dab, na chas ghatshan rab نہَ چھُس لگان دَب ، نہَ چھَس گژھان رَب
Mohammad Amin Kamil – محمد امین کٲمِل
Ogul dogul: اۆگُل دۆگُل , tsot mot, agu dagu
Tsas: ژس khof, wasith gatshun
Amin Kamil (b. 1924) is a leading poet, storyteller, editor, critic, researcher and translator of the Kashmiri language.
Kamil began his literary career in Kashmiri in 1953, leaving behind his decade-long flirtation with Urdu poetry. Within no time, he was shaping and enriching the changing literary scene along with his contemporaries including Dina Nath Nadim (1916-1988), Rehman Rahi (b. 1923), Akhtar Mohiuddin, Ali Mohammed Lone and others. Kamil’s versatility and virtuosity he exhibited in various literary forms, coupled with his characteristically native voice, has made him an outstanding literary figure in Kashmir.
Sonchik paymanay gayi tang
beyi maa sanaa kenh qaalib drayi
Old goblets are too small for thought
I wish some better form were found.
Zuvi zuvi praanaan praanaan gos
kentsha navirich rash ditam
I’ve turned old with persistent living
allow me rather a refreshing treasure.
Kamil is a major voice in Kashmiri poetry and one of the chief exponents of modern ghazal in the language. He, besides being a poet, has also written short stories and a novel and works of literary criticism. His critically edited collection of sufi poetry (Sufi Shair, 3 vols., 1964-65) remains a definitive text which has been widely acclaimed. He has also edited the collected verse of Nund Reshi, a 10th century sufi poet, and that of Habba Khatun, an 18th century love poet. Kamil is also known as a scholar of a high calibre.
Tikta lagith ta band lifaafan manz
baepatah khat chi daak-khana-ikaesi
Stamped and sealed in envelopes,
we’re a post office’s letters without an address
