Gedicht

Tarannum Riyaz

Side by side

Keep in Touch

One should keep meeting friends and phoning them
if one loses touch even for a few days
one may not run into them for months after
even for a whole year
and after a year when one rings up
the telephone number may have changed
or that line may have ceased to exist
It is also possible
the friend himself may no longer be.

© Translation: 2003, Jaipal Nangia
From: Indian Literature (Vol XLVII No.3)
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2003

KEEP IN TOUCH

© 2005, Tarannum Riyaz
From: Purani Kitabon ki Khushboo
Publisher: Modern Publishing House, New Delhi

Tarannum Riyaz

Tarannum Riyaz

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Limits of Patience

Close to My Heart

Keep in Touch

The Scent of Old Books

The Four Squares of His Heart

The Forbidden

The Flowers of Love

Close

KEEP IN TOUCH

From: Purani Kitabon ki Khushboo

Keep in Touch

One should keep meeting friends and phoning them
if one loses touch even for a few days
one may not run into them for months after
even for a whole year
and after a year when one rings up
the telephone number may have changed
or that line may have ceased to exist
It is also possible
the friend himself may no longer be.

© 2003, Jaipal Nangia
From: Indian Literature (Vol XLVII No.3)
Publisher: 2003, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi

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