AmAr rang thulir gappa

(script guide - a: ajagar; A: aam ...)

`
Aj sakAle base rang karechhi
je chhabigulo
chamke diye phute utthchhila mane,
seigulo

se majAr kathA:

AjkAl dhhoosar man
thAi prathame
ektu kAlche dhhoosar dhiyei shuru karlAm
mAnushher rang dhhoosar, jAmA dhhoosar,
gAchh dhoosar, sab dhhoosar
kAlo dhiye AlAdA karA
jAthe dhhoosar dhhoosar mishe nA jAy
dhekhe keman lAgla,
keman maylA jena,
shahure dhhnoyAy ddhAkA

man keman karchhila,
chakh buje base thhAklAm khAnik khan

thArpar abAk kAnda,
jena bnAdhh bhAngla

bhese ela kachi sabuj
sabje jAmA, lAl tthnoth
kuchkuche kAla chool
gAl bhora shubhro hashi
sab spashhta
jena ei sedhiner kathha

khelAr chhale
lAl, neeler mela basle,
dhhoosar kothhay hAriye gele.
lAler phnAke sAdA hAse
sabuj dine neel AkAshe
Ami o sei hAsir sAthhe
prAn bhariye nilem hese;
ghure phire beriye khele
hAriye gelem chhabir mAjhe
kAtla anek khon


AmAr deyAl dhoosar
thAr madhdhhikhAne perek pnuthe bnAdhhAna chhabi besh kare tAngiye rekhechhi
`

Bengaluru, KA,

February, 2007

On the terrace

`
Now on the terrace,
Sitting.

The night breeze flows
Combing my hair
Back, and above
The night is dark
And shallow
Planets don't twinkle.

The neons glare aloud
As the incessant
Traffic screams by.

Clutching
The wind and the night,
I, helpless,
Try escaping.
`

Bengaluru, KA,

February, 2007