Shiv Kumar Bataalvi – Loona

ethon di har reet dikhaava
ethon di har preet dikhaava

ethon da har dharam dikhaava
har soo kaam da sulge laava

ethe koee kise nu pyar na karda
pinda hai pinde nu larda
roohan da satkaar na karda
ethe taan bas kaam khuda hai
kaam ‘ch matti vagdi vaa hai

the har koee daud riha hai
har koee dam tod rihaa hai

darda andar di chupp kolon
saath kise da lod riha hai

har koee aapni katha kehen nu
aapne hath marod riha hai
aapne aapne dukh da ithe har
kise nu kohad piya hai

khud nu jiyonda dass k ethe
har koee hi dam tod riha hai

Excerpts from Shiv’s Epic long-poem Loona..
for this book Shiv won Sahitya Academy Award..