This poem was translated by Professor Carlo Coppola as part of the MULOSIGE Translations project. You can explore our collection of Urdu Poetry here.
Ek burī k̲h̲abr / Bad News
Just a minute ago
My little one
Said to me:
“Daddy, if you get me a bike
I’ll ask Mommy to get you a baby like me.”
But his words didn’t make me happy.
They made me sad!
.
From: Āk̲h̲irī din kī talāsh (Search for the Last Day). Allāhābād: Shabk̲h̲ūn Kitāb G̲h̲ar, 1968. p. 72
Just a minute ago
My little one
Said to me:
“Daddy, if you get me a bike
I’ll ask Mommy to get you a baby like me.”
But his words didn’t make me happy.
They made me sad!
.
From: Āk̲h̲irī din kī talāsh (Search for the Last Day). Allāhābād: Shabk̲h̲ūn Kitāb G̲h̲ar, 1968. p. 72
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