गर उसके घर में देर है अंधेरा नहीं है
तो क्यों वो शख़्स अब तक मेरा नहीं है
क्यों नहीं कटती है यह काली रात
एक मेरे ही घर में क्यों सवेरा नहीं है
होते थे हम भी कभी उसको अज़ीज़
अब उसकी तस्वीर में मेरा चेहरा नहीं है
कि काश रोक लेते हम उस दिन उसे
वक़्त किसी के रोके से ठहरा नहीं है
क्या ग़म जो हारा तू यह बाज़ी अमित
है कौन जो तकदीर का मोहरा नहीं है
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 178
Playing with words 
English translation
If there is no darkness, just delay
Why’s that person not yet mine?
Why doesn’t the night pass away
Why is my house dark, not thine?
I was dear to them some day
face in their frames is not mine
Why did I let them move away?
One can stop life, but not time…
Who is not a pawn of fate?
If you lost a game, why whine?
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The idea in the first stanza seems oxymoronic… more so in English… Also, I realize that I ought not have used Andhera (darkness) instead of Andher (Injustice)… I guess, it’s better to sacrifice rhyming than the meaning…
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Helped me 🙂 Andher is difficult to translate in English.
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I don’t know why this reminded me of “Mera Kutta Kutta, Twada Kutta Tommy” 🙂
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Ha ha… always a matter of perspectives…
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena and commented:
English version here
If there is no darkness, just delay
Why’s that person not yet mine?
Why doesn’t the night pass away
Why is my house dark, not thine?
I was dear to them some day
face in their frames is not mine
Why did I let them move away?
One can stop life, but not time…
Who is not a pawn of fate?
If you lost a game, why whine?
Read original Hindi poem by hecblogger (Amit Agrawal) below.
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