[Verse 1]
Vikram lands so softly
Modi on the moon
India cries out victory
Modi on the moon
Pragyan rover ready
Modi on the moon
ISRO team so steady
Modi on, Modi on the moon
[Verse 2]
Russia, U.S., China
Modi on the moon
Russia, U.S., China
Modi on the moon
First to land at South Pole
Modi on the moon
Finding water one goal
Modi on, Modi on the moon
[Chorus]
Modi say
It's not just India's day
But today
Belongs to all humanity
What a way
To demonstrate technology
A-Okay
"India is on the moon"
[Verse 3]
Chadrayaan-3 successful
Modi on the moon
Rocket science stressful
Modi on the moon
We must work together
Modi on the moon
We can live forever
Modi on, Modi on the moon
[Chorus]
Modi say
It's not just India's day
But today
Belongs to all humanity
What a way
To demonstrate technology
A-Okay
"India is on the moon"
[Outro]
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up
[fade out]
A book of verses underneath the bough,
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread—and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness—
Oh, wilderness were paradise enow.
(Omar Khayyam’s (1048-1131 CE) well-known quatrain (Rubai). Its translation was done by Fitzgerald as above. Now look at the following translation done by me of a Gujarati Muktak by Somsundar Soori (Vikram Samwat 1430-1499, older by about 54 years as compared to CE)).
Nature’s drape of cool sunny sand,
Sunshade of green trees, time in hand,
And buttermilk amply supplied,
Pray, what more would paradise lend?
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Reflections |22.08.2023| quatrain, poetry
Poet’s note: Both the foregoing quatrains have similar poetic thought. Does it mean that poet Soori copied the thought from Khayyam, who happened earlier? No, similar thoughts do sometimes strike poets.
It's neither full moon, nor supermoon
But the moon is brighter than usual
You know why?
It's because every Indian gazes upon
the moon with pride filled eyes
From growing up listening
to the cooked up moon stories of grannies
To seeing our lander vikram soft landing
Our hearts are full,
For we embraced a success uncanny
The Chandrayan not only carried
the Vikram, Prayag and payloads
But also the dreams of
millions of people
And endeavours of thousands of scientists
Enduring many sleepless nights
Sacrificing their health and family time
Our diligent scientists confronted a lot
Ergo, Chandrayan touched the moon
And so our India
By virtue of scientists' agility
Bearing great responsibilities
The Vikram landed on the moon
And stands tall
And so our India
Kudos to the team ISRO
Thank you!!!! You make us proud!!!
Vikram and Pragyan
mysteries of the south pole—
India's moon phase
Chandrayaan-3 dreams came true
Modi's quite over the moon
V-iral
I-nfection's
K-iller
R-abidity
A-pplies
M-orbid
S-pread
E-ndangering
T-he
H-umanity
Topic: Birthday of poet Vikram Seth (June 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic