KK (India) - सजदे (Sajde) (Engels vertaling)

Engels

Vertaling

In my Prayers

In my prayers, numerous times, I've asked1

That is how I found you.

And I asked the winds to spread my need for you,

That is how I found you.

You made my heart wander, you are like a poet's first poem2

Then, why shouldn't I like you?

The moments when I forgot about you, I felt punished3

That is how I found you.

In my prayers, numerous times, I've asked,

That is how I found you.

You know it every time, whatsoever I might think,

You read my mind4 every time!

I tease you5 and then I'm wooed by you,

Yet I turn away from you.

You know all of it, about how I spend my nights,

Like a flame, unexhausted6

Even in the nights, I asked for your affection,

That is how I found you.

With the ink of you love, on the paper of my destiny,

Can you write your affection?7

And the world says I am like you,

Then why don't you look like me?8

I am your shadow, I am your part,

I feel you always.

I have taken up all what could harm you,

That is how I found you.

I prayed that you would like me too,

That is how I found you.

1. for you
2. exp. The person considers himself a poet and expresses his excitement after writing his first poem comparing it to love.(Few!)
3. lit. The moments I didn't like/love you, I asked for punishment for them
4. lit. Eyes
5. by saying "No!"
6. exp. I'm awake all night
7. teasing
8. teasing again