Friday, 17 March 2023

HINDI KAVITA "PUSHP KI ABHILASHA" / TRANSLATED ENGLISH POEM "LISTEN, O GARDENER!"

 


LISTEN, O GARDENER!

 

Listen, O Gardener!

Let me never be plucked recklessly and wreathed so aimlessly

That I can be bought to beautify the braid of a damsel cheaply

That I can be fetched to serve as a means of brash lovers’ romance

That I can be gifted as a bouquet to receive a P.M of Italy or France.

 

Listen, O Gardener!

Let me never be plucked rashly to make a gorgeous garland

That I can be forced to embellish the odd look of a Magnate’s corpse

That I can be coerced to adorn the gods and goddesses of the land

That I can be misused against my wish for any trivial purpose.

 

 

Listen, O Gardener!

Let me be plucked, and the path of the Motherland strewn on

That I can be under the patriotic sole of a Soldier crushed upon

Who will be loyally heading for a battle or a war for Her protection

At the stake of his life, and his family’s unfathomable contribution.

 

Listen, O Gardener!

This is the only wish of my birth to be conveyed to the earth

That after I’m gone, my content Soul can rest in peace and mirth.


N.B. – The above poem is the English version of a Hindi poem “PUSHP KI ABHILASHA” written by Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi.

Copyright: Dr. Shankar D Mishra, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 17.03.2023

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