Mein Nadi Ke Kinare Khada Huya, Ek Bahut Chhoti-shi Nadi
Mein nadi ke kinare,
Ek cchoti-shi nadi ke kinare
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On the eve of
International Mother Language Day,
Think I of my Hindi
In Bengal
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Aapko meine kahi dekha hain,
Kahan dekha hain,
Kya aap bata shakatin hain?
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Terrorist, kyon uzarte ho es tarah
Dusron ki jindgiyan,
Kya miltaa hain tumhe
Dusron ko barbad karke,
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Hindi Teachers (In English)
Hindi teachers used to say,
Do not address with
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On Hindi Day
We never liked those
Khaddardhari, khadi-clad
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Mitti ka deha
Guman kya karun?
Matir deha
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Bengali
Papa, Papa, aamake eir maane bolo,
Na-na, bolte parbo naa eikhan,
Keno-keno, Papa,
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Hindi was not so as we see it today,
It was a mixture of dialects,
Khari Boli, Braj Bhasa, Sadhukaddi, Rajasthani
A direct descendant of Sanskrit
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Yahan eka harijan ki vasti,
Wahan eka harijan ki vasti,
Esamei kya,
Cchut-acchut mei hi kya,
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Saraswati--
Wei vani ki devi hain,
Vidya ki devi hain,
Aksharon ki devi hain,
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(Ek mahila ko bus mei tin-chaar baccho ke saath dekhakar)
Bacche bhagavan detei hain.
'Accha thik hai, tumhara koi dosh nahi.'
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Itihaas, History/ Kalpurusha, The Immortal Representative of The Age (Hindi to English)
Prithvi ka itihaas, / Samya ka itihaas, /Manushya ka itihaas (History of Earth, / History of Time, / History of Man) Title: Itihaas, History
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Akela thaa, akela hun aur akela rahunga,
Yahi to jeevan hain,
Akela thaa, akela hun aur akela rahunga,
Main bhi akela, tum bhi akele.
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Main kucch leke nahi jaayunga.
Aami kicchu niye jabo naa.
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Time's wheel,
Fate's wheel,
Keeps it rotating,
Time's wheel,
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Small-small people
And their small-small thoughts,
What to say about them,
Small-small people
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Mera Gaon
Mera gaon,
Bhucchadon ka gaon,
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If you can abuse me, I too can,
But I shall not
As I am not so small as you are.
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Denkhi, Bharatiya Denkhi
Mainei us aadmi ko dekh
Yah kahate huya shuna thaa
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Mujhe eisa lagata hai
Ki abhi bhi mei sikh raha hun,
Sikha nahi hain,
Abhi bahut kucch sikhana baki hai.
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Niscchal prem,
Kahan wah niscchal prem, amar prem
Aur jo uske puyjari?
Kahan uski jalati jwala?
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Yasodhara recreates
The desertion of the palace
With Rahul and Yasoda
Left sleeping
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Were you a rebel,
A wanderer,
A Leninist,
A countryman
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Chhayavad in Hindi poetry
Tells of the intermixing of
English romanticism and Indian mind and philosophy
Seconded by a personal note
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Dilwalli dulhaniya le jaayengei,
Dilwalli dulhaniya,
Thik waisi hi ek ladaki
Jise meinei dekha, maana hai,
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Jasmine-bhari raat,
Tum kaha,
Tum kaha, Anamika,
Bheegi palkon mei?
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