Translation of Sandhya Navodita’s ‘Ki Mai Is Sheher Me Jo Kho Gayi ’ (It Seems that I am lost in this City) by Dr. Shamenaz

It seems that I am lost in this City

It seems that I have lost in this City,

and became its own.

From where these lights comes

which burns my heart and liver.

Though this is the city of dreams,

Then why it is full of gloom and despair.

That where should I go

with my bag and baggage,

to search what I want to find.

Published by Shamenaz

Dr. Shamenaz Bano is the Author/ Editor & Translator of 17 Books, ‘Verses on Racism, Resistance and Refugee Crisis’, ‘Shades of Life’, ‘The Celebration of Our Voices’, ‘Trends, Issues and Implications in Asian Women Writing’, ‘Women Poets: Within and Beyond Shore Volume I & II and Feeling for You. She is currently teaching English Literature at S. S. Khanna Girls P. G. College, Allahabad. She had taught English Literature and Language at Ewing Christian College, Allahabad University and AIET, Allahabad. With a D. Phil in English Literature from the University of Allahabad, she has professional experience of more than 14 years. She has contributed poems to many international poetry Magazines & Anthologies like Women of Substance, Raven Cage Magazine, Poetry Archive, Women of Reflection, Women of Passion, Poetic Souls, Feeling International, Hope Reborn and Glomag. She is a member of the Editorial Board of journals including, Anglisticum (Macedonia), IJRHS (Jordan), Cyber Literature: An Online Journal, The Context, English Literator Society, Literary Miscellany, Research Access & Expressions, Levure Litteraire (France-Germany-USA). She regularly contributes articles to Web-magazines- Boloji.com, Merinews.com and Globalasia.com.

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