"Aankhein aesi, jaise aakash ganga mein behte taarein.
(Eyes rivalling the river of stars in the sky)
Muskaan aesi, maano suraj ki kirano ko bunn ke banaye.
(A smile spun from the rays of the sun)
Aawaj aesi jaise tarakhti dhoop mein chhaaon mein chalti hawaayein.
(A voice as soothing as a breeze in scorching summer)
Tera saath aesa, jaise andheri raahon mein chand ki halki roshni ka sahara.
(Presence reminding of the gentle moon light, guiding through dark routes)
Tera choo jana manno rab ki duayein"
(Your touch, so divine/ your touch feels like a blessing from the divine)
Teri gair maijudgi karde mujhe bheer mein akela
(Your absence makes me feel alone in the crowd)
Tera rona karde mere dill ko beshara
(Your tears hits me with a wave of helplessness)
Zindagi meri rahe ya na rahe...bas tu mere saath rahe
(Cant translate this one. Sorry)
Bas itni si hain is dill ki ye dua
Bas itni si hain is dill ki ye dua...
Manzil kya hai
Unka Nazar aana manzil hai ya
Unke nazaron main kho Jana manzil hai
Unke nazron se nazren milana manzil hai ya
Unki nazariya samajhna manzil hai
What is the destination?
Is merely seeing them the destination,
Or is losing yourself in their gaze the true destination?
Is meeting their eyes the destination,
Or is understanding their perspective the real destination?
One may well in one swift motion
Snatch a jewel from crocodile jaws,
May swim across a vast ocean
Gone stormy what with giant bows,
Can well fight with a furious snake
And wrap it like garland ‘round neck,
But scarce can please a proven fool,
How so well-schooled he’s, how so cool.
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Translation | | please, fool
Poet’s Note: Bhartruhari was a poet king in central India in the seventh century CE, who when disillusioned in love renounced kingdom and became an ascetic. Neeti Shatakam, a compilation of hundred verses on moral values was written by him along with Shringar Shatakam on romance, and Vairagya Shatakam on dispassion and renunciation. This verse on fools is taken from Neeti Shatakam.
Prasahya manim uddharet makara-vaktra danshtran
Ankurat samudram api san-taret prachalat urmi malakulam |
Bhujangam api kopitam shirasi pushpavat dharayet
Na tu prati-nivishta murkha jana chittam aradhayet || 4 || Metre: Prthvi-vrtta
I am your cinderella make me your bride,
Give me shelter I have no place to hide..
Cinderella kisi or ki dulhan na ban jana..
Do shiza say shadi karwana,
Meri gaflat ka faida uthwana,
Phir say chemical drink pilana,
Bemar kar kay Hosp lay jana,
Aisay tum tibi moot marwana.
Note.Me teri nas nas say waqif.
Mujhay vargala behlana pfislana
Ghar say door kahin Lay Jana
Ghomnay phirnay ka bahana banana
Wahan Lay ja kar Teka Injection Lagana..
Note.1.Drink.2.Drugs.3.Fire.Psychology...
O janay jana
O janay jana
Wehmi bool kar GoLi na khiLanaa
Nafsiati bool kar teka na Lagwana
O janay jana
O janay jana...
Note.1.Drink.2.Drugs.3.Fire..
Kisi ko nuqsan pohanchanay Kay teen tareqay..
1.goli maar kar bhaag jana...
2.wehmi bool kar chemical pilana..
3.nafsiati bool kar teka lagwana...
Note.Zafar Supari Kay favourite tareqay Hain...
It's Jana Zamora's birthday,
The morning breeze is just gentle;
The zephyr lets the soft touch stay,
To bring mildness and joy as well.
Topic: Birthday of Jana Zamora (March 27)
Another year says good bye
Greeting the next when it arrives
Saying hello and hi
Time to give me a try
Life adventure awaits
Go enjoy that husband and wife date
Bring on the new
Where there is so much to do
Only have 365 more
Get started and open the door
Living on the peaceful island
Having the Irish name O'Brien
Receiving flowerily leis that are Hawaiian
Aloha birthday wish
During the romantic dish
Proclaiming to love a Coast Guard
Protecting the state that is the 50th star
All the best Happy Birthday Jana
Love always
Marc
Mahatma Gandhi: Oct.2, 1869-Jan.30,1948
In Birla House, his gatherings Bapu
Greeted with prayers, solace, and comfort
And cheerfully rose, clasping hands with few
Humming Vashnava Jana To in sort.
In frisky style Bapu exited door
To trail of family and friends in cue
To greet gatherers cheering by the score
Whispering, Ram, Ram, Sita Ram; Bless you.
Stepping out on the lawn, Bapu sparkled
A Light to the world beyond India
To sudden bullets from Nathuram, filled
With anger, darkness in the arena.
Assassination of Bapu blinded
This whole wide world that is so corrupted.
J-ust
A-ccept
N-atal
A-crostic
Z-estfully
A-pprehending
M-essage
O-f
R-emarkable
A-menities
Topic: Birthday of Jana Zamora (March 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
...When the day came folks fathered in the gym,
twas an ‘empowering day,’ they all said,
When the bell rang Jana flurried with kicks,
she was invigorated, seeing red.
But every kick seemed to just bounce off Rick,
he barely flinched when hit hard in the face,
hadn’t thrown a punch, just stood there waiting
as Jana went about the martial race.
As the first round went, her confidence grew,
and she began to come inside more and more,
then a body-blow caved in her stomach
and Jana collapsed, gasping, to the floor.
There was no point in counting down from ten,
it would be minutes before she got up,
the crowd went silent, Rick just sighed at them,
as the poor girl wheezed hard, then threw up.
Said Rick,”I hope today you have come to see
why there has long been an understanding
for thousands of years, that man and woman
really should not be physically fighting!”
And then he walked off to a throng of “boo”
from those who so wished she had beat the man,
ideology said they must be the same,
but reality just don’t give a damn.
J-ust
A-bate
N-ight
A-s
Z-enith
A-nd
M-orn
O-f
R-efulgence
A-ppear
Topic: Birthday of Jana Zamora (March 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust like a running water,
A-lmighty's blessings overflow;
N-ice things from above keep you
A-way from the pain and sorrow.
Topic: Birthday of Jana Zamora (March 27)
Form: Acrostic Quatrain
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