13.5.05
Poetry Corner!
Compassion
"Please don't kill
my young daughter
before my eyes..."
"Alright, let's do as he says...
Strip her
and drag her away..."
Sorry
The knife
ripped through the stomach
reached down to the penis.
The cord of the pyjama was cut.
The man with the knife
exclaimed
with surprise,
as if he was reading the kalma to ward off evil,
"Chi, chi, chi...I made a mistake."
--Saadat Hasan Manto
Original in Urdu.
Translated by Alok Bhalla
Compassion
"Please don't kill
my young daughter
before my eyes..."
"Alright, let's do as he says...
Strip her
and drag her away..."
Sorry
The knife
ripped through the stomach
reached down to the penis.
The cord of the pyjama was cut.
The man with the knife
exclaimed
with surprise,
as if he was reading the kalma to ward off evil,
"Chi, chi, chi...I made a mistake."
--Saadat Hasan Manto
Original in Urdu.
Translated by Alok Bhalla
# posted by Nikki @ 02:16 
