Maut (Death)a Poem By Crisosto Apache In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

maut

halaN k khof
maut k dukhon ka na tha

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
tr. from an English translation

maray logon ka naam yahan lena manah hai
kyon k ye unko darwaazay ki dehleez par
rukne ka dilasa deta hai
aur wo yahan
baDi dair se ruki hue hai.


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Death
BY CRISOSTO APACHE
For E.P. Kazhe/Botella

The dread, however, was not of death's agonies.
— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, tr. by Will Petersen

it is prohibited to whisper the names of the dead,
as it encourages them to linger at the doorstep,
and she has already lingered, far too long,

-Crisosto Apache