Gani Dahiwala (Gujarati Poet) Gems

• The real echo of life comes
  when you cease to exist
  but your name reverberates
  on others’ lips.

 

• His will pointed in one direction
  My destiny in quite the opposite
  My back, burdened as it was
  Broke, carrying both loads

 

Abdulgani Dahiwala was an Indian poet from the western state of Gujarat. These are extracts from two of his pieces which speak to me, put into English.