Ravi Kopra Poems

Bistray main laitay jab tum aahaiN bhartay ho
to ghadday k spring chooN choon kartay
halki si awaaz main tumaray dukh ka mazaak kartay hain.
Kitni sakhti hai ye - ghaddy ki nahin - zinda rehenay ki!
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Wadhi main neechay
dhooNaey si dundh nikal rehi hai
5 din baarish hoti rehi
3 din se ab sooraj ki garmi hai
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Vo usay pyaar karta tha
vo usay pyaar karti thee
jab vo usko chumiaN marta tha
uska bhoot-bhaish kaal sub khtam ho jata tha
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wo khoobsoorat pyari dilhari kahan chali gayi
wo cupress ka ooncha peD kahan chal giya

usne mpmebati ki tarah roshni har taraf jagaee thee
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Cow's
Urine is
Medicinal to Hindus
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Whatever I've become but not what I used to be that now I am
After meeting with you perhaps like yourself now I am

What fragrance I have now, that fragrance is not mine
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meri jaan, agar main chal basa aur tu zinda rehi---
meri jaan, agar tu chal basi aur main zinda raha---
to dukh ki koi yahan jagah no hogi.
koi jagah bhi hum se baD kar nahin hai.
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CHoti Surgery K Baad

patti badaltay huay
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ham ki maghaloob-e-gumaa the pahale
phir vahee hai kee jahaa the pahale

[maghaluub-e-gumaa = defeated by suspicion/doubt]
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lay loon bahoN main tumain lagaatay tera sar apne par
khusbhoo se bhara garm-garm apni cHaati par

zubaan dabaatay spandun se loon tera naam
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