Birds

Birds, o' Birds

You fly so high

Free you are free

In the sky

You migrate to distant lands

Your life is never bland

Flying from nests to deep forests

Searching for food and strands

How do you survive? 

Escaping the hunters

Who come to the forest

To make you surrender

But don't lose your beauty

As it is your duty

To fly so high 

Up in the sky

हिमालय

कश्मीर की ऊँची वादी है यह,

बर्फ का यह पहाड़ है | 

खड़े है संतों की भाँती यह,

खड़ा अटल यह पहाड़ है |

भारत का सरताज है यह तो,

सरहदों की राक्षा करता है |

भारत का अभिमान है,

यही है शक्ति भारतमाता की, 

नदियाँ इसकी निर्मल हैं |

पवित्र सा स्वभाव है इसका,  

हिमगिरी इसका दूसरा नाम है| 

गंगा आती, यमुना जाती,

सारी  जनता को पानी देती| 

शस्य शामला ज़मीं भारत की ,

इसी के तो कारण है |

यह मेरा हिमालय है, 

हिमांचल की चोटी |

यह भारत का मस्तक है, 

बोले कोटि-कोटि  |

Nature in Village Livelihoods

Look at those blossoming lilies 
They are so fresh and charming
Look at the bracing weather everywhere
Its so cool and calming
Here are the bees who are sucking nectar
And here are the sparrows building nests
For there will be a shelter for their little ones
Look as the cool wind wind passes through you 
Don't live in the urban caged lives
There is pleasing life in the villages
Awaiting you......

India

Jammu, up in the heights
Uttrakhand's winding road drives
Rohtang pass of oxygen it deprives
Arunachal and North-eastern tribes

Rajasthan's sand dunes
Varanasi's holy tunes
The gardens and forests of it
Ah! Their scent their fume!

Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata
The major cities of India
Here the life's quite adjustable
Aha! They form the golden quadrilateral

Now lets go down, to the south
To take in some fish in the mouth
Kerala's busy fish market
Himachal's apple basket

Vaishno Devi's holy shrine
Buddhist monasteries stand still in time
India, my beloved country 
Has a very long and interesting journey