
translating Ghalib
     [Inside the heart, love carps it lacks space.]
     [One life, a thousand wishes, each to die for slowly.]
     [You stopped just short of the highest note.]
     [What will my friends do when all their gambits fail?]
M. Shahid Alam’s poems and translations of Ghalib have appeared in Prairie Schooner, New Letters, The Southern Review, and Salamander. Alam has been  teaching economics at Northeastern University since 1988.  ![]()
Photo by Noor Alam