Teri Chithee : Meri Chithee :Hindi poem by Shakuntala Sharma English version: Rajni Chhabra
YOUR LETTER, MY LETTER
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My love
Evergreen
Recall
That letter
Love-smeared
Our talks
Full of sweetness
In every word
Sensations
Mingled in
Throughout
Thrill
Still fresh
In my life
You sent love-letter
Via inland
I wished it
In envelope
Why you sent
Inland letter
I was always afraid of
Younger brothers
Lest they should open it
They might muddle with it
And read the content
Letter
That
I was not able to
Hide anywhere
Since that time only
Started this intimacy
Our own talks
Our own letters
Why should brothers
Involve in this
Why should even sister
Interfere in this
Since that time
Nothing else pleases me
Except that love-letter.
Now, I observe
My son and daughter
They don't write letters
Grandson and grand daughter too
Don't write
That sort of letter.
They don't disclose their heart
Everything is superficial
They don't realize own feelings too
They don't share their heart
Listen to me
O, my dear beloved!
Once again
Turn into that
Historical letter
You become king
And
I become a queen.
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