Tuesday, April 23, 2024

O’ traveler of the noontime

 

O’ traveler of the noontime

Under the shade of love

Lighten up for a moment

Lighten up

 

With the heart craving adequate

How long will you remain thirsty?

Relax for a while

 

Everything, all the rills and rivers are dry

Gone the glow of my face

Eyes no longer have tears

No… do not let the hopes die

O’ traveler of the noontime

Under the shade of love

Lighten up for a moment

 

From the roots of oak tree Chagal is full with water            

Satisfy your thirst

Desires remain not forever;

Who’ll call you tomorrow?

O’ traveler of the noontime

Lighten up for a moment

 

You are entrapped within the transient beauty

And never peered into the depth of spirit

You did not stir beyond the ashes

Where the fire burnt

Ruthless, merciless you are

O’ traveler of the noontime

Under the shade of love

Lighten up for a moment

 

A few words of passionate love

Would have been enough for me

But you never uttered them

Restless is your soul,

Tell me a remedy.

O’ traveler of the noontime

Under the shade of love

Lighten up for a moment

 

Come back to me if you don’t find a shade

Be like a skylark

Open your hands before nobody

Don’t mislead yourself to dark

Under the shade of love

Lighten up for a moment


N.S. Negi

Trans by Dr. Deepak Bijalwan

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