Shahryar: My Thirst Was Intense, A Translation From Urdu Poetry Poem by Ravi Kopra

My thirst was intense

Still
I did not touch water

I kept on seeing
O river, the flow
of your waters.

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[My heart was pining
to say hello to her
and tell her who I was
secretly in love with her

Still

I stood there looking at her
admiring her poise, her beauty.
She looked at me and smiled
Shocked, I almost died...]



shadīd pyaas thī phir bhī chhuā na paanī ko
maiñ dekhtā rahā dariyā tirī ravānī ko

-SHAHRYAR