KANCHANJUNGA USHERED: ENGLISH VERSION BY RAJNI CHHABRA. POEM ORIGINALLY COMPOSED IN NEPALI BY BIRBHADRA KARKIDHOLI




KANCHANJUNGA USHERED

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I asked clouds, fog, smoky dust

They said 

You don't own any part of sky, Birbhadra!

I asked high mountains , too

They said

You don't own any surface, Birbhadra!


It is very true that 

I don't own any house, any palace, Sir.

Not even shambles

I merely own a hut

In which dwells my mother


Once, narrating my story to Kanchanjangha

I pleaded

Blessing me, she said

Calm down, Birbhadra!

Observe patience

Don't narrate this story to 

Anybody else than me

Listening to it

Neither snow, nor Himalaya will melt

Even huge stones can melt, but

When stones melt

You will suffer more pain

Than me, Birbhadra !


After listening to her

Caves dwelling in me 

Are constantly waiting

For soft sunlight

You blame me that

I am greedy

This name has been defamed always

Tell me, of what use will 

This name be.

To you.







Comments

  1. Exceptional thought. Melting of stones would mean enough of fire 🔥 at the core eternally flowing. 🌹
    COMMENT OF CSP SRIVASTAVA

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  2. Thanks a lot Poet CSP Srivastava for your comment with innate depth of thought.

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  3. Kanchanjunga is the highest peak of. India ,in. Sikkim himalayas . The table top peak is clearly visible from. Darjeeling and. Gangtok. There is no ego in. Nature including the mighty mountains. The. Nepali poetry writer is anxious of possessions of the Clouds,fog and mist etc in sky and also the high rise mountains like. Kanchanjunga True no one owns a space yet the topography changes with time
    comment by Ved Vyas Malik

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