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
very picturesque description of rural life with its petty joys
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