Divya Victor: From "How To Survive On Land If You Are Made From Paper" In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

ponch dena girjay k benchoN ko
agar tumharay ghutnay laga detay hain dhabbay un ko
koi surag na rehnay dena, pvitr kitab k pannay na morarna
munsooheeyat ko kabool na karna, apnay aap ko asheerwaad dena
jo bimar haiN un k liyay prarthana karna
kyon k vo doosroN ko bimar vo kar baithtay hain
tyaag ko is tarah samajna k hum kabhi be-tyaagi na thay
aur kisi na kisi nay hum ko kar rakha tha apnay kazbay main.

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from "How to survive on land if you are made from paper":

wipe the pews
when your knees smear
their grain; leave no trace
dog-ear no holy book
admit nothing
of the drone; bless yourself
& pray for the sick who make others
sick; understand dispossession to mean
we too once possessed
were so too
by someone

-Divya Victor