A poem
entangled in my chest,
lines
fastened on my lips,
words
like butterflies
won't sit still on paper.
I sit
for so long
with your name
on this blank paper.
Your name
just your name exists;
could there be
a better poem?
-Poems of Gulzar translated by Rina Singh in 'Silences'
entangled in my chest,
lines
fastened on my lips,
words
like butterflies
won't sit still on paper.
I sit
for so long
with your name
on this blank paper.
Your name
just your name exists;
could there be
a better poem?
-Poems of Gulzar translated by Rina Singh in 'Silences'
That is a beautiful poem with good translation. :)
ReplyDeletei have a copy of this book too :) beautiful!! your other write ups are beautiful too!!
ReplyDeleteHI Sushmita...it is a beautiful name :-)
ReplyDeleteGood to know you also are a proud owner of this wonderful book. Thanks for coming to my blog and reading it. Feels nice when somebody can appreciate (which means they can somewhere relate to) my writing!
Thanks once again and keep coming.