HIMALAYAN MICROPOEMS: Satis Shroff

       

Himalayan Micropoems (Satis Shroff)लो

छरि प

 Lights flicker in Mahabharat mountains
The air smells of rhododendrons
The splendour of the Himalayas.

* * *

I stay in my tent
Dream of cherry blossoms
And a blonde in kimono.

* * *

The fishtailed one appears
Gleaming in silvery moonshine
Mirrored on placid Phewa lake.

* * *

Winter is here
The magic of snowy landscape
Out with the snowboots.

* * *

Snowflakes falling from Heaven
Frau Holle is dusting blankets
Gott sei Dank my heater works

* * *

Clouds waltz in the sky
Men are out to conquer
The holy Himalayan peaks.

* * *

Sudden monsoon rain
Soaks the mountainside
A landslide causes screams of agony.

* * *

Baptism of monsoon
A landslide washed the road away
Groping and cursing uphill as a child.

* * *

The large ice chunks leap
Crash upon the fragile tents
The base camp's a crevice.

* * *

Snow in my tent
Earthquake
Tremor in my heart

* * *

It's April
The air is getting thinner
Avalanche growls.

* * *

The Alsatian's muzzle
Sniffs and buries deep
A hand is uncovered.

* * *

The black cat prowls at night
A long day of napping
Lied ahead in Namchebazaar.

* * *

Beneath my tree's canopy
I sit and sip
My cuppa Darjeeling

* * *

घर्मा बशी कबिता लेखे
कालो चारले मधुर गित गयो
मेरो कलम खस्यो:
स्वर्गको गित झै
* * *

I sit at home and pen a poem,

A blackbird sings a soft song
My pen drops:

 A heavenly song

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·         *कुनै कुरो सदाको निम्ति होइन​,
मया, क्रोद्, गरिबि धन्हरुः
सबै यो सन्स स्क्र्को सन्सार्को माया हो।
तिमि केहिबिना स्वर्गबस हुन्छौ।
लने लन्छौ थुपरेको सम्झनाहरु मत्र​।
* * *
Nothing is everlasting
Love, hatred, poverty, prosperity
Are all worldly illusions.
You come with nothing,
You leave with nothing:
Except for the memories
You've gathered in this world.

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·        * * *---- * *

·        * * *April, April,

·        It knows not what it wants.

·        Short summer showers, 
The sun laughs again.

     Lights flicker in Mahabharat mountains
The air smells of rhododendrons
The splendour of the Himalayas.

* * *

I stay in my tent
Dream of cherry blossoms
And a blonde in kimono.

* * *

The fishtailed one appears
Gleaming in silvery moonshine
Mirrored on placid Phewa lake.

* * *

Winter is here
The magic of snowy landscape
Out with the snowboots.

* * *

Snowflakes falling from Heaven
Frau Holle is dusting blankets
Gott sei Dank my heater works

* * *

Clouds waltz in the sky
Men are out to conquer
The holy Himalayan peaks.

* * *

Sudden monsoon rain
Soaks the mountainside
A landslide causes screams of agony.

* * *

Baptism of monsoon
A landslide washed the road away
Groping and cursing uphill as a child.

* * *

The large ice chunks leap
Crash upon the fragile tents
The base camp's a crevice.

* * *

Snow in my tent
Earthquake
Tremor in my heart

* * *

It's April
The air is getting thinner
Avalanche growls.

* * *

The Alsatian's muzzle
Sniffs and buries deep
A hand is uncovered.

* * *

The black cat prowls at night
A long day of napping
Lied ahead in Namchebazaar.

* * *

Beneath my tree's canopy
I sit and sip
My cuppa Darjeeling