JEEVAN REE BAATAN; LIVELY CONVERSATION : RAJASTHANI POEM OF JAI SHREE KANWAR : ENGLISH TRANSVERSION BY RAJNI CHHABRA

 LIVELY CONVERSATION

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Come

Let us gather

And sit again 

Under shade of Neem tree

So many days have passed

We have not shared 

Our joys and sorrows

Come

Let us unknot

Our heart today

Since, we have

Settled in cities

We have obliterated

Our streets and mohallas

We have forgotten

Taste of roti of *bajara

Baked on earthen -stove


Since long

We have not relished

Curry of *bathua leaves

Buttermilk and *raabree

Come let us serve again today

In large brass plate 

Our rural delicacies

And enjoy conversing 

In our mother tongue

That only will keep flourishing

Tree of our hearts

Come

Let us follow our hearts

With light of sand

Moon-lit nights will

Follow again

Come

Let us have

Hearty conversation

Full of life.


Bajara : food grains 

Bathua leaves: a food crop grown in Northern India

Rabadee : a traditional Rajasthani dish prepared with buttermilk & bajara

Comments

  1. very picturesque description of rural life with its petty joys

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