Saturday, November 12, 2016

I fly again (फीरसे उड चला)



I fly again
Ive left the world far below me
I am now in your custody,O wind
Afar is the world and its inhabitants,
Miles away are its valleys.

फिर से उड़ चला
उड़ के छोड़ा है जहां नीचे मैं तुम्हारे अब हूँ हवाले हवा
दूर-दूर लोग-बाग़ मीलों दूर ये वादियाँ



The Smoky,gas-like clouds come to impresses upon me
Sometimes drench and stir me…this too doesn’t happen.
I've not paused at any scenes
Nor have I even met myself
It is a grievance, but I'm not annoyed
The Towns and Villages look alike
Its People look alike and Names sound alike

I fly again.

कर धुंआ धुंआ तन हर बदली चली आती है छूने
और कोई बदली कभी कहीं कर दे तन गीला ये भी ना हो
किसी मंज़र पर मैं रुका नहीं
कभी खुद से भी मैं मिला नहीं
ये गिला तो है मैं खफ़ा नहीं
शहर एक से, गाँव एक से
लोग एक से, नाम एक

फिर से उड़ चला



These sand like dreams in my eyes
No matter how much I dust them away
They come back again
So many dreams have I broken and forgotten
Yet they travel with me and take me along in their flight

मिट्टी जैसे सपने ये कित्ता भी
पलकों से झाड़ो फिर आ जाते हैं
इत्ते सारे सपने क्या कहूँ
किस तरह से मैंने तोड़े हैं छोड़े हैं क्यूँ
फिर साथ चले, मुझे ले के उड़े, ये क्यूँ


At all times, in all conditions they are with me, they are travel me,
At times desert, other times monsoon,
With all struggles I become Ravan.
At all times, in all conditions
Sometimes the day seems night-othertimes the day appears like a day
What’s real,what’s illusionary, O Lord

कभी डाल-डाल, कभी पात-पात
मेरे साथ-साथ, फिरे दर-दर ये
कभी सहरा, कभी सावन
बनूँ रावण क्यूँ मर-मर के
कभी डाल-डाल, कभी पात-पात
कभी दिन है रात, कभी दिन-दिन है
क्या सच है, क्या माया है दाता


Scattered here and there
Never know this wind might take me in your direction
Your memories pull me –in your direction
In these colorful illusions I continue flying

इधर-उधर तितर-बितर
क्या है पता हवा लिए जाए तेरी ओर
खींचे तेरी यादें तेरी ओर
रंग बिरंगे वहमों में मैं उड़ता फिरूं

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Monday, August 29, 2016

Life is Fine

By Langston Hughes

I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.

I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.

But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!

I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.

But it was High up there! It was high!

So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born

Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!