Ashutosh Dubey 

• Poem 1: ​Kiss
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• Poem 2: Now a Body
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Kiss

The first kiss of desire
is like a knock at the door

All the intermediary kisses
 betray body's fever

The kiss following the surge
is the real kiss of love

and is  averse to any stopping .
 
Translated by Rashmi mishra

Now a Body

Now a body'd have caused a splash,
But it was a shadow that fell
Into the well,
Noiselessly,
Invisible, except to that one person
Who was really looking.
Then he turned to leave
Without a word,
And without his shadow.

Translated by  Shiv Kishore Tewari

Ashutosh Dubey (1963) is a Hindi poet from Indore and works as a professor of English. He has authored four books of poetry and his awards include Raza Purashkar, Kedar Samman, Akhil Bharatiya Manaslal Chaturbedi Purashkar, and Bageeshree Purashkar. 
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