FAREWELL

FAREWELL

¼fonk & yhyk/kj txwM+h English translation by GPBahuguna½

I could not bring to retrieve myself

as I had wished on my return

Instead whatever you gave me back

Was not much as it was anticipated?

Your words are hovering around here

It is very hard to wish you goodbye

Receiving goodbye on saying bye-bye

If I quickened my steps quickly

And halted at that tiny plant laden with fruits and flowers where 100th year completes

The distance traveled up to that height unbroken

Retrieved in me on my return after saying adieu to you

Now I am a new soul completely

Fared goodbye in saying goodbye

Learning to be humble like tree with unripe fruits

Under the shadow of which children stand waiting

with raised sticks to begin hard hitting

When tree goes ripe with fruits

Translation into English by Govind Prasad Bahuguna