Fall leaf

Fall leaf

Let it fall
This dried up, shriveled leaf
Of hurt
To it's own death
Let it flutter
To it's resting place,
A pigmented memory
Of trifled trust
After all the bitterness
Has dried out
Carry the knowledge, power
Of surrender
Let it fall
As a colored emissary
of acceptance


--shubha

Navrati prayer

Navrati prayer


May Mother's compassion nurture our nascent dreams

May she endow us with vigor , power for the effort

May our endeavors be victorious by Her grace

That we offer with gratitude at Her feet

From her , onto Her may all our thoughts, words , deeds

Arise and subside

As she rides into our hearts this day.



--shubha

Zindagi

ज़िंदगी

पुराने नए बीच झूलते पल में

ज़िंदगी अपनी मंज़िल ढूँढती है

सफ़र में अपना आशय पाती है

-शुभा


Purane naaye beech jhulti pal mein
Zindagi apni manzil doondti hai
Safar mein apna aashay paati hai


Translation


In this swinging moment between the past, future
Life searches for its' destination
Finds its' purpose,is the journey




--shubha

P.S. Sometimes life sends you a pleasant surprise , that came to me in form of these few lines in Hindi, which is not the language I think in . Perhaps it is the influence of some beautiful poems, I have had the privilege to read . Many many thanks to my friend, Mugdha W for her help correcting and editing my first attempt at writing in Hindi . 

A new word

A new word

It tempts, a flitting butterfly

Inducing chase

To settle fluttering , hesitatingly 

On my tongue

Run rivulets of feeling 

Through the ridges of my brain

Stains my memory

With its' singular sound

Until at the edge of

Understanding , experience

It coalesces as a drop

To reflect it's meaning

And in so surrendering its' mystery

Settles into the folds of familiarity

In giving its' all 

Is how it claims me for its' own.

--shubha