A Forlorn Bahaar

A FORLORN BAHAAR*

In my eyes

There was a truth

That I sprinkled around you

Yet you are not in me.

That truth has turned into

A misty haze today

And there is a

Wide chasm between us now,

There is no dream

Burning in our eyes,

I longed for which

(So might be you)

When the shining copper leaves

Started falling on the streets,

In the gardens,

And the dales,

I was alone

Roving on the roads

(So might be you)

The weather has changed,

But I still wait, looking

Emptily at the

Colours of the spring

In the streets,

In the gardens and dales,

I am alone

(So might be you)

Weathers change

As they must, but my

Wait will go on.

I will still be there.

When the weather

Changes once again,

Roving in the streets

Trudging in the dales

Searching for the dream,

I will be alone

(So might be you)

*Bahaar- spring season

Written and translated from Hindi by Lalit Surjan