Glossary

Mukhatib(1) hone ki nahi hai chah
zara (2) door hi reh, na paas aa
teri nazar bhar(3) hi hai kaafi
bhatkaane ko mujhko meri(4) raah

1. I don't want to feel your breath
congealing at the back of my throat,
back off

a
2. little
things sometimes
actually mean 'a lot',
like this word

is
3. full
but not overflowing
like the screams
of your past lovers

could have been
4. mine
like this poem
is art for you
but not the truth.