Souvenir (Yadasht K Liyey)- Poem By Jane Hirshfield In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

Main apne saath
koi cheeze le kar jaaooN gi

lakin ek kursi bhi
baDi bhadi aur bhaari ho gi

paint nikal kar
suitcase main paD jaey ga

kabjoN ki awaaz se lagay ga
koi is ki chori kar raha hai

paneer pe kapDay kpin
na lagay raheN gay
in k bina paneer saada sa lagay ga

akaash main har taraf ghaDghaDahat much gayi

chatriaN khoob bichne lagiN
lakin regaistan main tumbarsaat chahtay ho

'ashaant na karo' ka kard ab sub toota-foota paDa hai

main ne keyi baar kaafi ki dukan se
chotay chotay chini k packet chutayey hain
ta k jab main Turkry main ho-hoon
to kafi main chini maila loon,
aur iTly main Lithuanian pastry ko yaad karoon

lakin kafi kahan ha

baayaN aur daayaN haath, dono ab kisi kaam k nahin hain
ghutnay kaDak kaDak kartay hain
dil ko aisi shaanti hai
jasay koi film ka hero akhir main
apni aankoN ko bheng kar
suraj ko dekh raha ho

jaisay chahho tum us pe
chatri nahin laga saktay
aur kya vo kapday k pin se
khud kashi karay ga

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Souvenir - Poem by Jane Hirshfield

I would like
to take something with me

but even one chair
is too awkward
too heavy

peeling paint
falls off in a suitcase
hinge sounds betray a theft
cheeses won't keep

the clothes pin
without its surroundings
would be mediocre

the big thunder rolled elsewhere

the umbrella is for sale
but in a desert what you want is a soaking

the do not disturb sign is tattered

I have many times taken
some cafe's small packets of sugar
so that in Turkey
I might sweeten my coffee with China,
and in Italy remember a Lithuanian pastry

but where is the coffee

hands left and right useless
knees clattery
heart finally calm
as some hero at the end of a movie
squinting silently into the sun

you can't hold an umbrella there anyhow
and what would he hang from the clothespin

-Jane Hirshfield