2. A Semantic Translation Too long have I lived With the legend of Adam and Eve, being now An insufferable myth, A new beginning is in order. 0 God, arrange a new fall The pristine glory may embark Again on a fresh journey And the joy of life be felt again. Long have I waited for such a joy And my hands are raised For the same vigor of creation That once before they had And I had made magic a reality, A consort of enchanting syllables; 0 God, for a change, descend from that exalted Throne of otherness, and come Into my circle of reality; So that words regain their incantation And sound and sense be one. 3. A Purely Inferential Translation Renewal is timely, Renewal is behovely. The new dance won't begin, If Thou art absent From the halls of creation. 4. A Purely Interpretive Translation Without His attention, neither poetic nor bio-historical creation is possible. Annual of Urdu Studies/ #7 i-m