I Love my Land

I love my land, the Indian land,
Where saints and soldiers were born.
Where the people after hearing the bird's melodious chirping,
Wake up on every morn.

I love my land, the Indian land,
Where people are generous and kind.
Treat everyone with courtesy, they,
Be a person deaf, dumb or blind.

I love my land, the Indian land,
Whose history is very rich.
The ancient texts are world famous,
Conserved are our manuscripts.

I love my land, the Indian land,
Where non-violence is preached.
Other people fight with bare hands,
We Indians fight with wits.

I love my land, the Indian land,
Where the nature is redefined.
The beautiful Shalimar Bagh,
The Himalaya's fascinating heights!

I love my land, the Indian land,
Where the music and art is vast.
The art is so vivid, and,
The music, a rejuvenating effect, it casts.

I love my land, the Indian land,
Where the people, in education are sedulous,
When it comes to maths,
Our country is stupendous!

I love my land, the Indian land,
Where the food is lip-smacking.
And ah! The food is never bland,
The smell of onions along spices, is crackling.

I love my land, the Indian land,
For it is the country I belong to.
I live my land, the Indian land,
For it is the land, I salute to.

Eternal Peace

Sometimes I sit and wonder,
Why is this world so mean?
At the same time I remember the undivided rivers,
Flowing coolly and serene.
Why do shootings take place?
Why isn't there harmony,
Why is everything so very chaotic,
Filled with cacophony.
Eternal peace is what I plead.
Respect for all genders and creeds,
'Cause unless we stop those wars and enmities, primitive,
This world would be the worst place to live!

तुम्हारे चेहरे पर उदासी क्यों छाई है?

देखो मौसम कितना सुहावना है, चिड़ियाँ चहक रही हैं,
देखों यह ज़मीन हरियाली से परिपूर्ण, कितनी सुन्दर लग रही है।
जब ईश्वर ने इतनी सुन्दर यह दुनिया बनाई है,
तुम्हारे चेहरे पर उदासी क्यों छाई है?

धरती की माटी से एक अजब खुशबू आई है, बारिश का संदेसा लाई है,
धरती इतनी खूबसूरत लग रही है, चाँद में भी कमी दिखला रही है,
जब ईश्वर ने इतनी सुन्दर यह दुनिया बनाई है,
तुम्हारे चेहरे पर उदासी क्यों छाई है?

तुम देखो इस जग में, लोग मस्त-मालंग है,
तुम आखिर खामोश क्यों हो?
छोड़ दो इस चुप्पी का दामन, इसमें क्या रखा है?
ज़िन्दगी के मज़े जी भर के लो!

Childhood Days

Friends today, I traveled, down the memory lane,
Filled with nostalgia, my heart, seared with sorrowful pain.
Those crayons, those pencils, those messy plays of fun,
Surely, no one can forget those days in life's long run.
Those Sundays with parents, those Mondays with school.
Life in those days, was simply cool,
Those meetings with cousins, that carefree play,
I wish those days, that time, could forever stay.
But as we know the coin has two sides,
One gives the responsibilities of adulthood, the other shows the playful sight!
Sometimes I wish to travel, back to those days, when life was cool and stress-free,
Mornings with Oswald, afternoons with Pooh and evenings with Mr. Bean!
We cried, we got things in a jiffy,
A toy of cars, a cricket bat, a ball or a soft toy of Miffy!
Now those days are lost in the sands of time,
That time is but ended, ah! The Golden Time!