Want Ad (Zaroorat Ka Ishthaar) By Najwan Darwish In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

muje zaroorat hai
ek kathor manager ki
ek shakti bhri secetary ki
aur ek sawaand-datta ki
jo mere liyay coffee banaayey
meri cha banaayey.
muje ek ati-budhimaan chahiyay
ek kavi chahiyay
aur ek mafia godfather chahiyay
apna jeevan battanay k liyay

aur fir jaldi se
main apni bankruptcy ghoshan kar doon ga
jaisay companiaN karti hain

muje ek nokar chahiyay
aur k dhokhay daar
ek mohbooba jo marwaa de muje
gusal khaanay main muj ko jootay maaray:
muje ek raani ki zaroorat hai
jo muje dhokha de kar
kisi raja k saath bhaag jaaey.

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Want Ad
BY NAJWAN DARWISH
TRANSLATED BY KAREEM JAMES ABU-ZEID

I need a strict manager
and an energetic secretary
and a correspondent to make my coffee
and my tea
I need an intellectual
and a poet
and a mafia godfather
to divide my life among them

And I'll announce, after a while
my bankruptcy
like the companies do

I need a servant
and a traitor
a lover to have me murdered
beaten to death
by sandals in the bath:
I need a queen
to betray me with the king.

The original poem is in Arabic.