Yasuhiro Yotsumoto's Japanese Poem, Asked What He Wished For His 60th Birthday Party In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

poocHnay par saathween saal girah main
tumhari kya khawaish hai
to mera pita ne kaha vo skydiving seekhna chahta hai
kehtay hain jab vo yuwa tha gaana gaana seekhna chahta tha
raat ki gehrayee main, main ne
us ke ghusl-khaanay se gaanay ki awaaz suni.
sirf picHlay maheenay hi us ne chemotherapy ki akhri dawa lee.

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Yasuhiro Yotsumoto

六十歳の誕生日祝いに何が欲しい、と訊くと
スカイダイビングのレッソン、と父は答えた
若い頃はオペラ歌手を目指していたそうだ
夜更けの風呂場から掠れたテノールが響いてくる
彼は先月最後の化学療法を終えたところだ


Asked what he wished for his 60th birthday party,
my father replied: a skydiving lesson.
He dreamed to be an opera singer in his youth, they say.
Late at night I hear the rusty tenor from the bathroom.
He just finished the last round of chemotherapy last month.