Laden clouds shed their burden.
Peepul droop heart-shaped leaves.
High on a limb, a black crow screeches
kaen-kaen, kaen-kaen, kya hai, yeh zindagi?
When we met in the realm of soul
did I agree to live in this darkness
Did you even ask, ke mere saath chalogi
zindagi ke uljhano mein? You
must have known, ke jo life
tum mujhe de rahe ho,vo kaisi hogi?
Refreshed with rain, green hearts
delicately flutter, whispering disdain
drowned by the indignant chorus
of kaen-kaen, kaen-kaen
Kyon laaye, tum mujhe yahan
kya paaya, iss kaale saaye se
jo na tik saki, yahan ya vahaan
rejecting, each notion of love
you compelled me explore
Asleeyat jaanti, toh kabhi nahin aati
aise aaeine ke saamne, jahaan
kaali hokar bhi, zindagi ke jhooton
se itni kam, ke koi reflection he nahin
nor illusions of being, toh iss
shareer ke anand, ka ehsaans kahan?
Jahaan, ek pal chaen nahin, apni
kaen-kaen, kaen- kaen, ke sivaaye
kuch kehna, ya sunna nahin
Kyon laaye mujhe yahan
aisi berukhi zindagi mein?
Kyon jagaaya ummeed, of
an impossible mission to live?
© Gopika Nath
