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Rated: 13+ · Book · Emotional · #959857
Bilingual poems: English poems with their Hindi/Urdu original, both in rhyme and meter.
I write poetry in English as well as in Hindi/Urdu, which are, for practical purposes, twin languages in India. I have also translated some of my Hindi poems, usually ghazals, into English verse, observing proper rhyme and meter.

Writing the same poem in two languages by the same poet, maintaining proper rhyme and meter in both languages, is not common. It is quite a challenge. But, it is fun as well. This genre differs from translation from one language to another done by somebody else other than the author. Such translation can never be appropriate, particularly when it relates to poetry.

The poems in either language here have the smooth flow and originality of the poet’s pen. Hope the readers like them. The best judges would be those who can appreciate poetry in both English and Hindi.

#16. REVELATION
ID #434291 entered on July 3, 2007 at 11:44pm
#15. LET THE CINDER BURN
ID #419729 entered on March 3, 2007 at 4:19am
#14. I WISH YOU HAD BEEN MINE
ID #406942 entered on February 9, 2017 at 5:10am
#13. A DAY WILL COME: award winner
ID #352287 entered on October 30, 2006 at 11:29am
#12. CAUSE OF RUIN—rated 5 by 2 viewers
ID #351076 entered on June 2, 2005 at 8:19am
#11. FROZEN FLAME
ID #351032 entered on November 15, 2006 at 1:08pm
#10. LEARNING TOO LATE –rated 4.5 by 1 viewer
ID #350329 entered on May 30, 2005 at 9:59am
#9. WOMAN’S CRY FOR JUSTICE--rated 4 by 1 viewer
ID #350325 entered on May 30, 2005 at 9:08am
#8. WOMAN IS HUMAN—rated 4 by 2 viewers
ID #350308 entered on May 30, 2005 at 5:08am
#7. PROSTITUTE— a semi-ghazal-- Rated 4 by 5 users
ID #350142 entered on May 29, 2005 at 4:25pm
#6. LIGHTNING: a semi-ghazal —rated 5 by 2 viewers
ID #349933 entered on May 28, 2005 at 1:19pm
#5. MEETING IN NEXT LIFE-- a semi-ghazal—rated 4.5 by 9 viewers
ID #349908 entered on May 28, 2005 at 9:06am
#4. TEARS—a semi-ghazal—rated 4 by 10 viewers
ID #349551 entered on May 26, 2005 at 10:29am
#3. MEETING YOU—rated 4.5 by 3 viewers
ID #346524 entered on May 11, 2005 at 10:25am
#2. THE WINDOW OF MY HEART
ID #341006 entered on October 31, 2005 at 2:12am
#1. WOMAN’S CHALLENGE
ID #340853 entered on August 30, 2005 at 6:28am

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