Darling Coffee Meena Alexander,1951 - 2018, In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

apne waqat pe aati cHooti cHoti si baataiN
ka maza hum ko aata rehta hai -
jaise k kisanoN k haftay waalay bazzar ki dukaaiN
k peecHay barfoN k lagay dheD
aur khudkioN k chandway pe baitha
ek laal laal parinda
apni cHatti ko phulay baithay,
pyaar ko dikhlaatay hue;
tum ek metha aalo utha kar muj ko dikhlaatay ho
aur ye kehtay ho: "yeh bhi? " -
komal komal sa swaal hai
ubray laal punkh main cHuppa hai.

- to be continued

Darling Coffee
Meena Alexander,1951 - 2018

The periodic pleasure
of small happenings
is upon us—
behind the stalls
at the farmer's market
snow glinting in heaps,
a cardinal its chest
puffed out, bloodshod
above the piles of awnings,
passion's proclivities;
you picking up a sweet potato
turning to me‘This too? '—
query of tenderness
under the blown red wing.
Remember the brazen world?
Let's find a room
with a window onto elms
strung with sunlight,
a cafe with polished cups,
darling coffee they call it,
may our bed be stoked
with fresh cut rosemary
and glinting thyme,
all herbs in due season
tucked under wild sheets:
fit for the conjugation of joy.