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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