The last poem by Sushant Supriye to appear here was “True love” (December 2016)

Someone Else
Translated from Hindi
By Sushant Supriye

I wake up
one morning
and find out
I have turned
a stranger to myself
from every angle

My eyes seem
so unknown to me

My smile seems
someone else’s

My hair has turned
unrecognizable

On my palms are etched
someone else’s fate-line

Psychologists say
It happens sometimes

That we go on living
someone else’s life

That someone else
goes on living within us

(koi aur)