मेरा होना न होना सा ...

Mera Hona Na Hona Sa …
This is an old Nazm (poem) that speaks about the pain of rejection ….

GLOSSARY
ख़लिश – चुभन
मुन्तज़िर – इंतज़ार करने वाली

अहद – वादा

                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Presented below is essentially a literal English translation of this nazm (poem). A lot of effort and ability is required to carry over the charm of poetic expression and aesthetic value present in any original work into another language. I am afraid I do not have this ability. Yet I wanted to reach out to a wider audience. So even at the risk of sounding dull, I have attempted, by the way of this translation, to somehow try to covey the underlying idea of the nazm however coarse it may seem though. I offer my humble apologies to my readers for these poetic failings.  

Neither the land nor is the sky for me

I am non-existent for you

When I ask my heart

 There are no answers

The prick of the pain is merciless

It lingers on

My non-beingness torments me in many ways

So does the realization that I am non-existent for you

We were midst the distance
 That long period of time had put between us

That meeting of ours was no less than separation

There was no promise for me

In your waiting eyes

My being was like non-being to you

                                                                                                                             -     Ishu Priye

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