Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Shiv Kumar Batalvi's - "Vidhva Ruht" (Presentation - Desh Ratna)

Vidhva Ruht
Maae ni
Das mereeye maae
Is vidhva ruht da –
Ki kareeye.
Haae ni
Is vidhva ruht da –
Ki kareeye.

Is ruhte sab rukh nipatare
Mahik-vihoone
Is ruhte saaDe sukh de sooraj
SekoN oone.
Maae ni par vidhva joban
Hor vi loone.
Haae ni
E loona joban ki kareeya?
Maae ni is vidhva rut da ki kareeye?

Is ruhte
SaaDi peeR ne vaal vadhaae
Gham da sooti doodha ves haNDHaae
Rakhe roze geet na hoTHeeN laaye
Haae ni
Is ruhte kithe Dub mareeye?
Maae ni
Is vidhva ruht da –
Ki kareeye?

Maae ni
Ih ruht kidhe laR laaeeye
Kis nu edhe jooTHe aNg CHuhaaeeye?
Kis dharmi de vehRe booTa laaeeye?
Haae ni
Ihnu kihRe phul maNg vaheeye?
Maae ni
Das mereeye maae
Is vidhva ruht da –
Ki kareeye.
Haae ni
Is vidhva rut da –
Ki kareeye?
Vidhva Rut
O mother,
Tell me mother!
What should I do
In this widowed season?
Tell me
What should I do
In this season of loss?

The trees are leafless in this season,
Without fragrance.
The sun of my happiness has no warmth,
In this season.
But even more bitter
Is my youth that is widowed,
Tell me,
What should I do
With this bitter youth?

My pain has let its hair grow out
In this season
It has worn the milky white clothes of sorrow,
Kept the fast, not sung a song.
Tell me
Where can I drown myself,
In this season?
What should I do
In this widowed season?

O mother!
To whom can I attach myself in this season?
Who can I touch with these contaminated limbs?
At whose righteous door can I plant this sapling?
O woe!
What flowers can I shower upon it?
Mother,
Tell me mother
O mother,
Tell me mother!
What should I do
In this widowed season?
Tell me
What should I do
In this season of loss?

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