Voice of Dawn

"I Was Not Your Maiden Touch" (Translation of Jawaid Danish's Urdu Nazm "मैं के तेरा पहला लम्स नहीं था!")

I was not your maiden touch

neither you my fragrance first ...

I was never your fortune

neither you my milestone,

Yet we are one life two bodies

entwined in our singularity

mates of journey solitary,

Fearless I am -

from Past present and future,

Trivial is -

fight of yesterday and morrow,

Destination, Aura, issues bygone

villainy reward, and heaven hell

all are extant,

forgotten all fidelity betrayal

Love -a guileless passion,

for the sake of this passion

we move beyond the destination,

beforehand-

come, pause the wheel of time

to save a dream of us,

If you desire

make me write another song,

until redness wakes in my pen

I keep scribbling your name till then,

At times to gladden your heart

Sometimes to live elegantly

I write again,

You, the rain of my breathing

Me, the warmth of your brinks

brightened in my eyes are you

Me tangled in your heartbeats

My writings just live for you!

-(c)Translated by Varsha Singh

Tranquil Attire ...

Your attire of tranquility

makes my feverish body

serene from within

after the ire of twinge !

Amorous warmth,

canoodling brinks

leaving the marks

of intimate doting !

Mirror of Your Eyes!

Tonight...

I sank inside my own eyes

unconsciously,

through the mirror of your eyes !

Deep it was,

immeasurable

like the depth of ocean

surprisingly ...

cavernous it was

which I left unnoticed

till this time over longed !

I feel immovable now

after witnessing this profundity

of my own eyes

which seems divine

as I peep into it ...

through the mirror of Your Eyes !

Temptation (Translation of Vimal Kumar's Poem)

Why is this flaming desire

to touch the sky

to hold the stars

to bathe in river

to climb the peak

to pluck the flower

at this age?

Before demise

what sort of

temptation it is

to live

one's own life?

-Vimal Kumar's Hindi poem "लालच" translated into English by Varsha Singh as "TEMPTATION"

Love Imprison (Translation of Vimal Kumar's Poem)

Being a Goddess

You too are shackled in fetters

Never ever had I thought

enchained body of an idol

within any manacle

Devilish would

this thinking be

to seek freedom with love of thee

within the sorrowful flood

is you

How may I hope

joy from you.

-Vimal Kumar's Hindi poem "प्रेम कैद" translated into English by Varsha Singh as "Love Imprison"

A Child (Translation of Vimal Kumar's Poem)

Like a kid

at your glance

yearning I was

craving...

voicing...

to get that toy

At this age

of getting older by days

it is still alive

within me why

a child?

(Vimal Kumar's Hindi poem "एक बच्चा" translated into English by Varsha Singh)