Mediocre Poets, A Poem By Noa Shakargy In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

साधारण

main ne nachna cHod diya
main koi sadharan nartaki na hona chahti thee

main ne sangeet cHod diya
main koi sadharan sangeet kar na hona chahti thee

main ne paDhai likhai cHod the
main sadharan na rehna chahti thee

aur ab main ye kavita likhne
ka kaam kya kar rahi hoon!

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MEDIOCRE

I left dance in order not
to be mediocre
I left

music in order
not to be
mediocre I left

my studies
in order not to be
mediocre. And now all this
business

of poetry.


-Noa Shakargy

-Translated from Hebrew by Lisa Katz