A Standard Shirt by Mohan Rana
10th January
Listen to ‘A Standard Shirt’ by Mohan Rana from India. The poem is read first in English translation by Bernard O’Donoghue and then in Hindi by Mohan Rana.
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A Standard Shirt
Between midday and nightfall
there comes a time
when the day's noise and actions
are already done with,just as now,
all desires…साधारण कमीज़
दोपहर और शाम के बीच
आता है एक अंतराल
जब थक चुकी होती हैं
आवाजें क्रियाएँजैसे अब
समाप्त हो गई सभी इच्छाएँ,
बैठ जाता हूँ किसी भी
खाली कुर्सी परपीली कमीज़ पहने
…
एक लड़का अभी गुजरा
मुझे याद आई
अपनी कमीज़
उन साधारण से दिनों में
A Standard Shirt
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