Another Feeling By Ruth Stone In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

Ek Doosri Bhaavna

Kabhi tum ne dekha hoga sooroN ka juhnd
saDark ko paar kartay huay.
Un main se ek ghseet raha tha apna badan
saara bhoj apnay aagay ki laatoN pe lagaaey huay,
pichli latoN main koi dum na tha.

Bina sochay
tum ne Humane Societry ko phone kar diya.
vo aaey jaal liyay huay aur lag paDay us k peechay.
asla main vo do they, wardi pehnay huay.
un k truck main ek baDa pinjra tha.

Soor jhaaDioN main cHupa hua tha.
jab tum ne us ki aankhoN ko dekha
sub samaj main uski aa gaya.
vo kaanp raha tha.

Jab vo us ko ley kar chalay gayey,
tum pachtaaway k dukh main paD gayey.
baDay saal ho gayey hain is ghatna ko,
lakin ab bhi tumaiN yaad hai
us bechaaray ka shreer,
koshis jo kar raha tha
doosroN k saath rehnay k liyay.

Is pal bhi, tumhara dil
dharaknay lag jaata hai.
tumhaaray haathon main
paseena aanay lagta hai.

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Another Feeling
BY RUTH STONE

Once you saw a drove of young pigs
crossing the highway. One of them
pulling his body by the front feet,
the hind legs dragging flat.
Without thinking,
you called the Humane Society.
They came with a net and went for him.
They were matter of fact, uniformed;
there were two of them,
their truck ominous, with a cage.
He was hiding in the weeds. It was then
you saw his eyes. He understood.
He was trembling.
After they took him, you began to suffer regret.
Years later, you remember his misfit body
scrambling to reach the others.
Even at this moment, your heart
is going too fast; your hands sweat.