Linda Pastan: After Minor Surgery In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

CHoti Surgery K Baad

patti badaltay huay

lagta hai jaisay
miray hamesha k lover ki tarah
mera jism muje ab pehli baar
dhokha de raha hai

lagta hai jaisay
kisi lambi yatra main train main baitha yaatri
sunta hai conductor ki pehlay aanay waalay station ki awaaz
mera jism ab muje waisay pukaar raha hai

lagta hai jaisay
mira jism darpoki aur chalaaki main
muje waaday de raha hai
jaantay huay jhooth bol raha hai


Linda Pastan:
After Minor Surgery

this is the dress rehearsal

when the body
like a constant lover
flirts for the first time
with faithlessness

when the body
like a passenger on a long journey
hears the conductor call out
the name
of the first stop

when the body
in all its fear and cunning
makes promises to me
it knows
it cannot keep