This article discusses the themes of love and hope in the poetry of the Urdu-language Ahmed Faraz. It introduces two unpublished Faraz translations by Daud Kamal, examining the marine imagery in “Dawn-Birds” and the drought imagery in “Boulders of Clay.” The article also introduces Kamal’s translation of Afzal Arish’s “The Heave of Mud,” highlighting the allegorical and environmental dimensions of the poem.