Ravi Kopra Poems

I am like a buffalo bull
whose eyes are blindsided
a yoke is put on its shoulders
and asked to move in circles all day
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in Urdu -

Oey Partha k baitey
jo mujh main panah laitay hain
...

ye kis k peDon ka khet hai mujhe pata hai
vo gaon main rehta hai, usko pata nahin chalay ga
k main yahan ghoDay pe ruka hua dekh raha hun
uske baraf bhare khetoN ko
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Standing by the sea shore
near the south jetty in November
in Venice, Florida, one cool evening
I see the setting sun ruddying the bellies of clouds
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Kaisay us ko tum ne jaanay diya?
Adaalat main kaanooni baareekioN k baad

Kaisay us ko tum ne jaanay diya?
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Self-realization of my
Existence I wasn't fully aware of
Till I lost someone dear to me...
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I did not let down my ego even today
I fully disgraced her beauty even today

(Apni ahem-pani aaj bhi hum main kam na thee
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Jab main kisi booDay aadmi ko dekhta hoon
muje apnay bapu ki yaad aa jaati hai
jab vo maut se pyaar karne laga tha
aur hum kheton main katti fasal k
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Lagta hai khamoshi ka golapan
ek seb ki tarah hai
halan k seb bhi bana hai
lambi, choDaee lakeeroN se
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Talaaq shudha vo saaloN se hai
Bahar se vo khoob sheetal aur alishaan lagti hai
Jaisay kisi ped ki murjhaaee shakha pe vo baraf ki ek parat ho.
Magar us ki manjhli umr ki kaam-vaasna ek taazi sippi ki tarah lagti hai
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