Lines Depicting Simple Happiness By Peter Gizzi In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

teri belt ka buckle dhoop main chamkata hai
teri chamak muje kahin bhi lay ja sakti hai
behti hawaaa muje tere paass le aati hai
har teri chamak fir muje dikhlati hai
haecheez main teri jaan-na chahooN ga
toon saadi si saadi hai fir bhi nahin saadi hai
har baat tere pe juD jaati hai
sub vyakaran k saboot, varan maal k swar
meri soch main fir aatay hain, jaisay
A, tert ghutnoN tak jaraabain hain
E, teri chaddian hain
I, teri chili khuli hai
O, jo tera blouse hai
U, tera sar pe klip laga hai
Y, teratight ghargha hai
music fir sunaaee deti hai
aur mere dil main harkan si mau jaati hai
tere nayay nayay kutay baal hawaa main jhulaktay hain

-to be continued

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Lines Depicting Simple Happiness
BY PETER GIZZI

The shine on her buckle took precedence in sun
Her shine, I should say, could take me anywhere
It feels right to be up this close in tight wind
It feels right to notice all the shiny things about you
About you there is nothing I wouldn't want to know
With you nothing is simple yet nothing is simpler
About you many good things come into relation
I think of proofs and grammar, vowel sounds, like
A is for knee socks, E for panties
I is for buttondown, O the blouse you wear
U is for hair clip, and Y your tight skirt
The music picks up again, I am the man I hope to be
The bright air hangs freely near your newly cut hair
It is so easy now to see gravity at work in your face
Easy to understand time, that dark process
To accept it as a beautiful process, your