This is from my old deleted blog
Please listen to this everybody. This is voice of тАЬKing of SolitudeтАЭ Shiv Kumar Batalvi. A poet I admire a lot. This is his poem called Ki Puchde Ho Haal Fakiraan Da (The Conditions of Fakirs).
What a divine voice he had.
No Kavi Samelans (Poem recitations) going on now days. I donтАЩt know where we are heading. Next generation will never know the joy of feeling a poem or seeing a poem live.┬а
Here is the original poem in Punjabi (I have also added┬аEnglish┬аtranslation)
Ki puchde ho haal fakiran da
Saada nadiyon vichreyan neeran da
Saada hanj di joone aaya da
Saada dil jaleya dilgiran da
Eh jandeya kuj shauk jahe
Rangaan da naam hi tasveeran hai
Jad hadh gaye asi ishqe di
Mul kar baithe tasveeran da
Ki puchde ho haal fakiran da
Sada nadiyon vichreyan neeran daтАж
Takdeer ta sadi shautan si
Tadbeeran sathon na hoyiyan
Na jhang chutiyan na kanh phaate
Jhundh langh gaya inj heeraan da
Ki puchde ho haal fakiran da
Saada nadiyon vichreyan neeran daтАж
Sanu lakhaan da tan labh gaya
Par ik da man vi na mileya
Gaya likheya kisse mukkadar si
Hathaan diya chaar lakeeran da
Ki puchde ho haal fakiran da
Saada nadiyon vichreyan neeran daтАж
Mere geet vi lok suninde ne
Nalle kafir akh sadinde ne
Main dard nu kabba keh baitha
Rabb naam rakh baitha peerhan da
Ki puchde ho haal fakiran da
Sada nadiyon vichreyan neeran daтАж
Why ask about the condition of fakirs like us?
We are water, separated from its river,
Though I knew that pictures are just
A collage of some colors -
When I entered the emporium of love,
Countless bodies did I find,
But not one mind did I meet.
This was written in my fate,
In the four lines of my palm.
I could never find a way to escape it.
I did not leave Jhang, did not pierce my ears,
And a multitude of Heers walked by.
People listen to my songs
Because I called my pain kaaba,
I have often spoken loudly.
Maybe I was arrogant about my love,
Perhaps I felt I had a claim upon pain!
You call yourself a wise man,
Let us leave it to the people to decide
To whom they will give the esteem of a pir.
This post is from my old deleted blog in tumblrтАжgoogled and got itтАж..I wish I could restore my old blog :(