BOUNDARIES OF TIME: HINDI POEM BY PROMILA BHARDWAJ: ENGLISH VERSION BY RAJNI CHHABRA

 BOUNDARIES OF TIME

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Boundaries of time

I cross silently

As often, all do

Roaming in sea of time.

Peeping in dreamy eyes of children

I re-live my childhood

In the listless eyes of my mother

Struggling for self-respect

I live my future.

Childhood and mature age mingle in me

Breaking hard shackles of 

Boundaries of time,

Makes me like time

And I keep on swinging continually

In boundaries of childhood

In dreams of old age

I peep into eyes of

Mother and children

Probe for myself in it

And touch finally

 Past and future of

My human existence

In my body

Transcending limits of time

Howsoever I wish, whenever I wish

Live any moment in a way

In which all of us 

Always struggle 

For upliftment.

Stealing strength and virtues of

Both the periods

Like an observer

Enjoy crossing the limits of time

This is feasible for all

If they plan 

To cross boundaries of time

Just as I silently

Cross

All boundaries of time.