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Friday 5 December, 2008
 09:39 | 20/Jul/2008 |  4 Comment(s)
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Vague thoughts

 


Hai gham kuch aisa ki bataya nahi jaata.
Hai dard kuch aisa ki saha nahi jaata.
Andhero ki padh gayi hain aadat hamen.
Ujalo ki chah na rahi.
Har simt se uthte hain kaale ghanere sayen.
Kyon bhala pasand hoga mujhe


Koi mayoosi bhara khayal


Par kya karoon aata nahin koi doosra khayal


Majbooryon ne to bas kuch nahi kiya,
Sirf zindagi ko ek tamasha bana diya.


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I cannot type in Hindi, which would have otherwise been  more apt for readers. I translate it roughly tentatively in English as below:


There is a grief that cannot be shared


And a pain that cannot be endured


So inured to darkness


That I don’t long for light anymore


Darkness emanates from all directions


I don't have a penchant for thoughts of despair


But I cannot think otherwise


And it was all courtesy to helplessness


That my life resembles a sideshow.



 

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