Ravinder Malhotra Poems

Saare jahan se aacha
Hindustan humara
Na bijli hai na paani
Ye gulistan humara
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Lord put money in my bank
And I shall call and earnestly thank
Ma who pestered Pa to bend
To her whims and bitterly end
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He always said he'd love me
Forever it was I
Someone very special
I never questioned why
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A crimson bloom amongst the buds
It’s magic hue caught my eye
A pretty rose yet untouched
Under the open sky
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I am furious, numb and sore my dear
For this 'nite' I can only shed a tear
Saw two fools trying to test
Who’s the bigger and the best
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Tamaam umr maayusiyon ka kaafila raha
Jeene ka hans ke phir bhi hausla raha

Kabhi kisi ki jeet pe kabhi kisi ki haar pe
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Out in the cold on X’Mas eve
Under a winter sky,
To save her daughter born today
She must somehow try
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If I would write a poem
Be it on a rose,
It would rhyme gently
And would not read as prose
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H ere are my wishes for you my friends
A s 2009 finally ends
P ray you be happy and ever gain
P lenty of Love to ever remain
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'The essence of poetry' said Robert Frost
'Is that in translation which gets lost'
But yowlers to this pay no heed
Raw words to them is poetry indeed
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