TORTOISE : HINDI POEM BY PROMILA BHARDWAJ: ENGLISH VERSION BY RAJNI CHHABRA

TORTOISE

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Seeing others

Confine within self

Like a tortoise,

Outer cover appears

In the way, they want to display

Very efficiently

They put cover on themselves,

To hide inner geography,

As if done so many

Scams

That might not be

Disclosed.

Formalities are dominating

So much on instinctive behaviour

Mutual exchange of thoughts

Has also turned dramatic

Conceal real temperament

Don't give clue to

Fundamental sentiments

Consequently

Everyone is in loss

Goodness manifested outwardly

Egregious inwardly

Accumulated by and by

Ultimately 

Fetches good to none,

All are well aware of it

First of all, contemplate

And be your own friend

Converse with self, with a free mind

Shunning away all puzzlement

Meet with noble-mindedness

Whomever you meet,

Let waves of naturalness 

Ripple

Discarding frustrations

Let yourself bloom

Like petals of bud

Leaving shrivelling

Like tortoise.




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