ENGLISH POEM( New) --- HALT THERE O' LIFE DEAR-----

rajee kushwaha

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"HALT THERE,O' LIFE DEAR! PLEASE REDUCE YOUR SPEED SOMEWHAT"---A POEM

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Posted on 25 Sep 2008

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   This is the english translation of my HINDI GAZAL, " THEHAR JAA O' JINDAGI! KUCHH TOH KARO RAFTAR KUMM". This is for those who do not understand Hindustani. 

   The Link is:-http://rajee.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/09/thehar-jaa-o-jindagi-kuchh-toh-karo-raftar-kamm.htm  
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Halt there, O' dear life! please reduce your speed somewhat,

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.

It were those childhood dreams, which I passionately chased;

Got so embroiled in them that fun of my youth I had missed.

Halt there, O' dear life! please reduce your speed somewhat,

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.

Many a goals I had achieved but I was never to be contented,

As the race went on, sorrow and ecstasy were both presented.

Halt there, O' dear life! please reduce your speed somewhat,

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.

There were those times when 'life' moved slowly, so did I;

I don't know how it happened, but suddenly 'life' began to fly?

Halt there, O' dear life! please reduce your speed somewhat,

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.

In this fast moving life, I came across land- mark destinations-

At times, my feet stumbled or it were simple miscalculations.

Halt there, O' dear life! please reduce your speed somewhat,

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.

'Relatives- worries' or the 'pressure of my job' were never kind;

Also, the future of my children constantly troubled my mind?

Halt there, O' dear life! please reduce your speed somewhat,

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.

I was so engrossed with the worries of the future, my dear!

I have no clue when my face aged and body had wear and tear.

Halt there, O' dear life! please reduce your speed somewhat,

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.

I lament, I wasted my time always worrying for others,

Time to take rest now "Rajee", your tired feet dodder.

Halt, O' dear Life!  Please reduce your speed somewhat;

I have been constantly on the move, let me have some rest.