Mountain child Mountain Child

Mountain child

pahaaRkii god meN
Mountain lap in of
pahaaR ke choTe-choTe TukRoN saa
Mountain of little-little pieces like
kheltaa hai pahaaRii baccaa
Plays mountain child
 
laRkhaRaate kadamoN se pahaaR caRhte
Tottering/wabbling/stumbling steps with mountain climbing/ascending
roptaa hai pahaaRii dhartii par paaNv
Set/plant mountain earth on foot
pahaaRii maahaul meN
Mountain atmpshere in
pahaaR kii tarah
Mountain like
puurii taakat se ugne ke lie
Full power/strength /force with growing for
 
pahaaRii bacon ke bhiitar hotaa hai
Mountain children inside is (general statement)
puuraa kaa puuraa pahaaR
Entire/whole/all of mountain
aur pahaaRon kii god meN hotaa hai
And mountains of lap in is (general statement)
dauRtaa-bhaagtaa pahaaRii baccaa
Running around/scurrying mountain child
 
pahaaRii baccaa dekhtaa hai
Mountain child sees
pahaaR ke uupar se guzarta jahaaz
Mountain above passing plane/aircraft
aur puuchtaa hai pitaa se
And he asks father from
us naye pakshii ke bare meN
That new bird about
 

Original Poem by

Nirmala Putul

Translated by

Lucy Rosenstein with The Poetry Translation Workshop Language

Hindi

Country

India