The Project Manager's Life 32

One of the prices that one must pay when working on projects is long work hours. Another is the separation from family and friends while working away from home at a client’s offices. Sometimes, when the project is running behind schedule or when there are challenging problems to be resolved, the team may work more or less non-stop for many days. At such times night and day cease to have a differentiation since the team is totally focused on getting the job completed. Rahi Masoom “Reza” (or "Raza) captures this feeling of isolation and separation exceedingly well in the following sher:

How is it there at the place I have been separated from?
What are the flowering boughs and the smells of the houses like?
Rahi Masoom "Reza"

जिनसे हम बिछुड़ गये अब वो जहाँ कैसे हैं

शाख़-ए-गुल कैसी हैं ख़ुशबू के मकान कैसे हैं

राही मासूम "रज़ा"

جن سے ہم بچھڑ گیے اب رہ جہاں کیسے ہیں
شاخِ گل کیسے ہیں خوش بو کے مکان کیسے ہیں
راہی معصوم رضا

Sooner or later, however, the team does return to the world from which they came. But for how long?