Passages (Raastay) , A Poem By Teow Lim Goh In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

Dus meel ki concrete tum ko
alag sthanoN main le ja sakti hai.
Tumharay paaoNzameen pe

tum ko wahan pauchaaiN gay
aur aisi jagah pe le jaaeN gay
jo kabhi tum ne na dekhi ho.

khas ye baat nahin hai
k tum kahan kahan gayey ho
lakin ab tum kya dekhtay ho

kya dekhna chahtay ho.
kya tum tayaar ho ye jaan-ne k liyay
k kitni doori ab baaki hai

tumaharay beech aur us auday main
jis ko tum paana chahtay ho.

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Passages
By TEOW LIM GOH

Ten miles of concrete can bring you
to different places. Your feet carry you
across the ground, let you

into worlds unlike your own. You go places
you have never been. But what matters
is not where you have been

but what you see. What you choose
to see. Whether you let yourself
see the distance

between what is and what you want to be.