Come O Rain Come

Come O rain come, throw your showers On this part of earth and do not run All the simple inhabitants of our villages, towns and cities Are waiting for you with tears in their eyes Come O rain come, throw your showers sublime On fields, soil, animals, trees and birds flying Even the trees and birds, animals and herds, Human and insects All are gloomy and sad, with rankles on foreheads With worries on their faces, as their hopes are getting buried Without a shower to wipe their rolling tears from eyes Come O rain come, throw your showers On this part of earth and do not run I know, why you are offended and not listening our prayer But the animals and birds, our simple villagers, animal herds Even fields drying up in excessive heat do not know Why you are offended and not listening their prayers Oh pardon them as they do not know The misdeeds of those, who are spreading cities And are cutting trees, forest and are eliminating fields In the name of modern living They go on spreading cities after cities And industries after industries These less blessed species of humans, do not want to know The priceless value of mother earth And the value of each drop of water and rain Which comes due to green mountains and glaciers Trees and plants, fields and ponds, Lakes and rivers, they all are the Darling children of the God of Rains. To appease you O God of Rains We are making our prayers with folded hands You are and you were always our dearest O God of Rains, on you we have offered our prayers And have offered since ages our songs and lyrics And even our heart and souls Come O rain come, throw your showers On this part of earth and do not run The soil of earth and air also is boiling with heat The birds and animals and all living creatures Are waiting with their tired eyes on sky To search a piece of clouds, which can extinguish their fire With showers on their fields, plants and trees Bless them O God of Rains, with your sublime drops of rains Ravindra Written on 24th June 09 originally in Hindi as a prayer Song When draught like conditions were seen in a part of my state. Translated in English with changes and some additions on 5th Dec.09 Incidentally God heard the prayer of someone and From June end onwards God of Rains blessed us with good Rains. Kanpur India 5th December 2009