Ummeed - Hope!

Umeed! (Hindi version)

Kuch lamhe tute se

Kuch ashk chhalke se

Yado ke bikhre moti

Ya pedo ke sukhe bikhre patte

Jhumte se

Girte hue

Jaise nachte ho

Jhokon pe hawao ke

Dilati ehsas ho

Yun kuch tuta sa

Kuch bandha sa

Aaj bhi

Hai, aur ek ummeed

Sametne ko inhe

Banane ko ek gharaunda

Agli barsat me

Murjhaye ped ki chhaw tale. 

~ Praveen Parasar

Hope! (English version)

Smiling broken moments, or

Tears in eyes, reverberating

Shattered pearls of memories

Leftover dried leafs

Falling slowly

Or dancing with breeze

Evoking emotions

On a barren ground

Of unknown, unsaid

Moments

That never dries, but

Awaits rain

For it will make
a castle, again

Out of those scattered leafs

Below that tree, dying slowly.

~ Praveen Parasar