Just a Little Hope is Needed
by Gagan Gill
Just a little hope is needed
like a ray of sun
shining in the earth
like the taste of wet stone
in the water
like a fish leaping
on wet sand
Just a little hope is needed
like a song remembered
in the throat of a mute
like a sigh
stopped in the chest
like the longing of an insect
clinging to glass
like thirst
drowned in the river-bed
Just a little hope is needed
The literal translation of this poem was made by Lucy Rosenstein
The final translated version of the poem is by Jane Duran
© Poetry Translation Centre 2004-2010
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