Garmii se jab, sik gaye baadal
Nabh mein, khud hii, dikh gaye baadal

Unhen barsnaa hii hai, varnaa
Jag vaalon se, jhik gaye baadal

Bade rehem dil, ati upkaari
Par dukh dekha, tik gaye baadal

kudrat ka bhii khel anokhaa
Baarish biitii, cHik gaye baadal

Khudaa kare, ye khwaab ho - jhootHa
Kal ke hathon, bik gaye baadal

Everything on the earth bristled, the bramble
pricked and the green thread
nibbled away, the petal fell, falling
until the only flower was the falling itself.
Water is another matter,
has no direction but its own bright grace,
runs through all imaginable colors,
takes limpid lessons
from stone,
and in those functioning plays out
the unrealized ambitions of the foam

BARIS KI BUND

ABHI-ABHI GAI HAI BARASAT
SABKO BHIGOKAR,
TRIPTKAR SABKE MANN KO
HA! ES LAHARATE TARUO KE BADAN KO,
CHAHACHAHATE VIHAGO KE PER KO,
HA! AMBER KE ES PATAL KO
SAMASHT CHARACHAR TAL KO
ABHI-ABHI GAI HAI BARASAT
BHIGOKAR BHU TAL KO.

PATAJHAD KE BAAD,
HA! PATAJHAD KE BAAD,
FIR SE AAYENGE DIN BAHAR KE,
MANBHAWAN BAYAR KE,
HA ! PATAJHAD KE BAAD,
FIR SE HOGI, HARI TAHANIYA,
FIR SE KOYAL GAYEGI,
CHHUPAKAR BRINTO KE PALLAW MEIN,
ANAYE GEET SUNAYEGI,
HA ! PATAJHAD KE BAAD,
MAHAKENGI AMARAI KI GANDH,
NANHE-NANHE LIYE RASAL,
HA PATAJHAD KE BAAD,
CHAHU DISHA HOGI THANDI-THANDI,
LIYE BASANT KI BAYAR,
HA ! PATAJHAD KE BAAD,
HA ! PATAJHAD KE BAAD.

FIR SE MAHAK UTHI AMARAI,
NAW DULAHAN SEE LE ANGADAI,
MADAKATA MEIN PAGAL BAN JO,
MADAKATA MEIN PAGALAYEE
KAISI ISKI CHHABI NIRALI,
CHAHU TARAF EK UNMAD HAI CHHAYA,
ARE! DEKHO BASANT AAYA,
ARE! DEKHO BASANT AAYA.
FIR SE HALKI UMAS KI RAATEIN,
LIYE ANGIT KAHANIYON KI BAATEIN,
CHANDA KE UZIYARE MEIN,
GAON-GAON GALIYARE MEIN,
NADI HO YA TAL-TALAIYAYA,
SHANT KISI KINARE MEIN,
MALHAR GEETO KI GUNJ SUNO,
JO AATI US BIRANE MEIN,
HA ! SAMAST CHARACHAR KAN-KAN MEIN,
KAISA YEH PARIVARTAN CHHAYA,
ARE! DEKHO BASANT AAYA,
ARE! DEKHO BASANT AAYA.

HO NANHA SA EK UPWAN MERA,
NANHE–NANHE PED HO,
HO PANCHHI JISMEIN KALARAW KARATE,
PHAILI BRINTO KI BEIL HO.
HA ! TITAR HO,BATER HO,
GILAHARI KI TER HO,
PHOOL HO, PARAG HO,
TITALIYA KO GHER HO,
KAASH ! MERA BHI,
PANCHHI SA EK KOTAR HO,
NISADIN LAUTOO SRAM SE THAK KAR,
DIN KI THAKAN BHULA KAR,
SO JAOUN GAHARI NIDIYO MEIN,
TARUMARAMAR KE GEET SUNN KAR,
HA ! PRAKRATI KE BAAHON MEIN,
JEEWAN KI THAKAN BHULA KAR.

Wedding Poems