I wrote this ghazal in my mother tongue Axomiya (Assamese) yesterday and tried to translate it to Hindi. After a few futile attempts, I gave up as I just could not maintain the rhythm. Today I tried translating it to English and found that it was flowing much more smoothly though I should not call it a ghazal. I tried to follow the rules as closely as I could but not sure if I succeeded. Hence the question mark in the title. I post the poems in the order written.
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Eternity Waits -a set of haiku
You gave me your hand
roses bloomed in the desert
and I lost my mind
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River runs to sea
confluence waits eagerly
oblivion waits
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Tumultuous sea
dark sky embraces the waves
horizon waits dawn
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As gentle waves crash
hot sands wait the cooling touch
thirst unquenchable
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Eternity waits
roses fragrance desert nights
time has no meaning
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Bridge of Love
Contradictions
A clear blue sky
Lacks definition.
Without a dark night,
For a bright day
There is no appreciation.
Without its spots
Moon won’t be as beautiful,
Road lacking few road bumps,
Journey is uneventful.
A blemish free life
There is no story to tell,
Without the past of Jean Valjean
Les Misérables won’t ring a bell.
Calm sea hides
Deep secrets in its bosom,
Vibrant nature in a moment
Wrecks havoc and destruction.
A world at peace,
Will it be boring?
Thought of violence
To appreciate peace,
It is depressing.
Even without appreciation
Rose will still bloom,
Even if no one looks
Beauty is not doomed.
A bipolar world
May be the norm,
Not an aberration.
Life is a saga
Full of contradictions.
Lament of a Little One Lost in Sea
a kids lament and sense of helplessness on being swept away to sea while fleeing the marauding hordes of rampaging killers
Lament of a Little One Lost in Sea
Waves and swells of a rough sea
Pitch black bottomless darkness
As the marauding hordes
Calling themselves the ones