Ek Rat Usne Ye Kaha.....

pyar se dekh mujhe..

or

chhhupa de phir..

in aankhon me hi kahin..

ye mera hi nahi..

logon ka bhi kahna hai..

k

kuchh to bat hai inme..

k

ham to..

jane kab se..

inke..

apne bane baithe hain.

             to my Cheeku

                 - Monkchu

Amrita Pritam with Imroz

Tere ishq ki ek boond

 isme mil gayee thee

Isliye maine umra ki

 saaree kadwahat pee daali

[ Your love has fulfilled me

And that’s why

 I have easily swallowed

 all the bitterness

 life has brought to me]

-Amrita Pritam

Kunwari (A Virgin)

O

When I moved into your bed

I was not alone— there were

two of us

A married woman and a virgin

To sleep with you

I had to offer the virgin in

me

I did so

This slaughter is permissible

in law

Not the indignity of it

And I bore the onslaught of

the insult

The next morning

I looked at my blood stained

hands

I washed my hands

But the moment I stood

before the mirror

I found her standing there

The one whom I thought I

had slaughtered last night

Oh God!

Was it too dark in your bed

I had to kill one and I killed

the other ?

A Poem
by

Amrita Pritam
 in “ Kaghaz Te Kanvas “: