My friend Aditi who is such a talented writer, poet, and comes up with all great skit scripts for their entertaining parties wrote this when she felt what I was feeling last week. Thanks so much Aditi...I am posting it here for everyone to read, not sure if it was lost in the Comments...
(And yes my dear Anaheim Hills friends, I can actually read Hindi - I had it as second language till 8th standard - and even though I don't understand every single word by word, I followed the gist of it)! But of course, you guys can translate!) :-)
जिंदगी क्या है ?
बस कुछ दिन, कुछ रातें
पल से पल की कुछ गांठें
बना जाते हैं कुछ किस्से
बस थोडे से ही आते हिस्से !
कुछ इंतज़ार कराते
कुछ बिन बुलाए चले आते
कहाँ से आते, कहाँ चले जाते
बिन खब्बर कहीं खो जाते !
कुछ भूल जाते, कुछ भुलाए जाते
कुछ सकूं देते, कुछ सताए जाते
कुछ यादें बनाए, कुछ मिटाए जाते
कुछ बीत जाते, कुछ बिताए जाते !
कुछ ख़ुशी, कुछ ग़म में मिट जाते
कुछ अपने साथ, कुछ दूसरों में बट जात
न क़ाबू आते, न रुकते
किसी के आगे नहीं झुकते !
जितने भी मिलें , जैसे भी मिलें
जो भी मिले, जहां भी मिले
इस एकपल में डाल दो अपनी जाँ
एक पल ही तो है, जिसका कोइ नहीं इमाँ !
OR (if u cant read hindi but understand the words)
Zindagi kya hai?
bus kuch din, kuch raate
pal se pal ki kuch gaanthe
bana jate hai kuch kissey
bus thode se hi aate hissey!
kuch intezaar karate
kuch bin bulaye chale aate
kahan se aate, kahan ko jate
bin khabar kahi kho jate!
kuch bhool jate, kuch bhoolay jate
kuch sakoon dete, kuch sataye jate
kuch yaadein banye, kuch mitaye jate
kuch beet jate, kuch bitaye jate!
kuch khushi, kuch gum mein mit jate
kuch apne saath, kuch doosron mein but jate
na kaaboo aate, no rukte
kisi ke aage nahin jhukte!
jitne bhi mile, jaise bhi mile
jo bhi mile, jahan bhi mile
iss ek pal mein daal do apni jaan
ek pal hi to hai jiska koi nahin imaan!

WELCOME TO NOOK'S HEALTH BLOG - STATUS UPDATES
My name is Sangeetha and I am authoring this blog on behalf of my husband - Nook (to friends) a.k.a Babu (to family) to provide some level of communication in terms of updates on his difficult journey to our supportive family and friends who are as anxious as I am for him to completely heal, and be whole and healthy again! Thank you all for your prayers and words of support and encouragement.
Sangu,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Kamala
Sangeetha, Following your blog everyday, praying for Nook and the family, thinking positive thoughts and keeping fingers crossed. Take care, Anita
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Sangeetha! This truly captures the essence of my thoughts since Nook has been in the hospital. I wish he would recover completely and read it himself!
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ReplyDeleteAditi, its beautifully written.. I too hope and wish Nook himself reads this poem!!
DeleteAditi.. the poem is beautiful. Very well written (wah wah)
ReplyDeleteSangeetha...thank you very much for sharing.
Beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteIt's simply wonderful poem!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
Sangeetha... we thought you don't even understand the Hindi we speak in office, how to you read Hindi? hehe
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem !
Our prayers and wishes for Nook's speedy recovery.
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