Who?

Yesterday when I called her

A cold, submerged voice came

Hello, who? Hello, who? Then silence

In surprise, I asked her

Is my name and number not saved?

No, it’s not like that at all, she said

How did I assume that?

My name was written on my heart!

I asked her softly?

Did your heart beat when the phone rang?

Upon hearing this, she remained silent

I kept thinking for a long time too!

Silence was four hundred

Time was a little paused

Then she suddenly hung up the phone

I considered it an accident

Today, her memory came back to me

I called her with the same thought

She said “who?” again, it seemed

I understood her unfamiliarity

She kept saying “who?” repeatedly

Today, I hung up the phone myself

By: Mohammad Ifrahim Butt, Al Ain, UAE.

(The above poem is a translation of my Urdu Poem “Koun”, Written in the year 2012)