शहर बहारें, पंछी गाते, इन दिनों / Shahar Baharein, Panchhi Gaate - a happy poem from pandemic

Here is another poem from the Corona / COVID times, this one from the initial days of the lockdown in India in 2020 when the pandemic brought the world to a screeching halt. While a lot of people suffered but at the same time, our cities suddenly started breathing again. Those clean blue skies, quiet roads, no pollution in the air, and the day long bird songs inspired this poem.

Here are a few lines:

आसमान भी साफ और नीला है दिखता इन दिनों

धूल की भी चल रही अब छुट्टियाँ हैं इन दिनों

शाम भी रुकने लगी है एक तसल्ली चाय पर

वक़्त को भी मिल रहा है वक़्त सारा इन दिनों

The episode starts with another short poem, on the quiet and silence:

पत्तों की सरसराहट -

अब सुनने लगी है

पंछी भी अब भोर राग गाने लगे हैं

हवा से सुर मिला के गुनगुनाने लगे हैं

Words and voice: Arisudan

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