Ravi Kopra Poems

"Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose
that I could see—not to eat, not for love, but only gliding."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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MakDio, ghabraao nahin
main ghar ki saffaee ki
parvaah nahin karta
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Aaj kal sub kehtay hain puraana zamaana kitna acHa tha
aisa sochna puranay zamaanay waaloN ki soch ki tarah sa hai
ye khyaal, masaal k liyay, k jab hum gehraayi main paD jaatay hain
to sadhharan khyaaloN ki saaf saaf shudhtaa ko kho baet-thay hain
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aapne dukhaaN wich ansi horaaN nu
shaamil nahi karday haaN
jadoN shaam aa jaandi hai taan
ghar da deeya bujha dendaiN haan.
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aggaN di ansi ki gal kariyay
pal do pal wich bhaDhakay wich jal paindi hai
par ehnu bujhaan leyi
zamaanyaaN da waqt lag jaanda hai
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main taan musafar haan
pyaar tajjub wich kardi haan
saah lendi haan
khushi naal aapnay khyaal, vichaar
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mera janam july maheeenay da hai
par asal wich picHlay saal de october wich
is duniya tay aana main shuroo keeta si
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Her cheeks like rose petals
pulled my heart towards her

her brownish hair like liquid light
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I have seen in many lover's lives
so much chaos

that there's
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yaari maarday logaN di zindgi wich
main baDay waday hangame dekhe hun

shuroo wich mooh kaala
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