To “The Kid”
तुम नहीं समझोगे
क्या समझाऊं मैं तुम्हे
जब मुझे खुद ही समझ नहीं आ रहा
फिर भी एक बार कोशिश करती हूँ
तुम जैसे मुम्बई की बारिश
मैं थी कागज़ की कोई कश्ती
बस तैरना सिखाया तुमने
तुम जैसे सूरज की पहली किरण
मैं थी रात की कोई आंधी
बस थमना सिखाया तुमने
तुम जैसे सुबह का समाचार
मैं थी बेखबर कोई अंजान
बस ज़िन्दगी से रूबरू कराया तुमने
तुम जैसे लहराती हवा
मैं थी सहमी कोई पतंग
बस आसमां का रस्ता बताया तुमने
समझ गए?
पता था मुझे!
कैसे समझोगे?
तुम हक़ीक़त हो तो मैं एक ख्वाब
तुम सही पर मैं गलत नहीं
हम दो हैं वो पहलु
जो इक दूजे बिन अधूरे
कैसे समझाऊं मैं तुम्हे
चलो, एक बार और कोशिश करती हूँ
English Translation (And again, I couldn’t do justice to the Hindi words but still..)
To “The Kid”
You won’t understand
What do I explain to you
When I myself don’t know
Still, I’ll give it a try once
You were like the rains of Mumbai
I was some boat of paper
You only taught me how to swim
You were like the first ray of the Sun
I was some storm of the night
You only taught me to stay calm
You were like the morning newspaper
I was some unaware and unknown person
You only made me come face to face with life
You were like the blowing breeze
I was some scared kite
You only showed me the way to sky
Understood?
I knew!
How would you understand?
If you are reality then I am a dream
You are right but I am not wrong
We are the two sides of a coin
Who are incomplete without each other
How do I make you understand
Okay, let me try once again
#TheKidAndHisSorceress
Image from here.
Beautiful. I loved the words “I will give it a try once” and then at the end “okay I will give it a try again”. Love is trying over and over again…never just once. ❤
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So well said.
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Yeah! 🙂
Thankyou ❤
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I was thinking exactly what Breathing Deeply said! The photo matches the poem very well too!
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Thankyou so much. 🙂
Sometimes it’s only about expressing love and care for people to make them understand their worth in our lives.
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Beautiful!
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Thankyou Lawrence 🙂
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The message behind this is awesome.
We don’t only learn and grow because of the ones that are older than us.
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Yeah. We got a lot to learn from people of different age, other backgrounds and lifestyles. It won’t be much of a learning if we restrict ourselves within a community of people similar to us.
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How have you been, btw?
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I’ve been good. Just going on and off blogging a lot. How are you?
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Keeping busy myself, but generally doing alright.
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That’s good 🙂
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Not much learning – and pretty boring, too!
(A wise woman once said that if two people are exactly alike, one of them is unnecessary.)
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Rightly said!
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Beautiful. Very similar and relatable. I enjoyed reading this piece a lot.
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Thankyou! I’m glad you liked it.
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