[from One Love Story, Eight Takes] By Brenda Shaughnessy In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

is mohabbat ki kahanai main
main tumhain vapis chahti hooN -
taa k har shaam ko main
jo kucH bhi din bhar bigaDa hai
usay sahi salaamat kar looN.

main ne ek dress kharidi hai
jo itni zanani hai
k is k paar
meri ovariaN dikhaee deti hain.

main ne socha k aisay
fansaa looN gi tumain apne pyaar main,
aur main khana peena choD kar
dubli ho baithi tere liyay.

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One Love Story, Eight Takes
BY BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY

One version of the story is I wish you back—
that I used each evening evening out
what all day spent wrinkling.

I bought a dress that was so extravagantly feminine
you could see my ovaries through it.

This is how I thought I would seduce you.
This is how frantic I hollowed out.