Thursday 25 June 2020

Akhtar Ansari.. Ghaas per kheltaa hai ek bachchaa.... with translations.

Ghaas per kheltaa hai ek bachchaa.
Paas Maan baithi muskaraati hai. 
Main hoon hairaan, kisliye duniya. 
Kaaba aur Somnaath jaati hai

A child plays on the grass. 
While mother smiles 
sitting nearby. 
Yet people go to Kaaba 'n Somnaath.
I always wonder, why ?

Trine khaile ekti baachchaa. 
Kaachhe mishtimukhe maa haashe.
Kainu loke Kaaba Shomnaath jaay. 
Aami hoiraan, maathay naa aashe...... (Bengali)

Translations by Ravi Maun. 

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