My Birthday Gift Poem by Jasbir Chatterjee
My Birthday Gift
A glory was born unto the world
Some two decades back:
Caressed by the mother's smiles
Dipped in the father's heartfelt joys
A rose-bud in the garden
Singular among many….
Today as I sit by you
Your silence cannot contain
The aura of your being,
The beauty of your nature,
The fragrance is spilling
And leaving the world sweeter…
But, ah, the world is too full of sorrow
Another's tragedy shakes my roots
And mirth is stifled within me.
So smile while you can
Make manifest your real being -
Grasp it before it is fled
For there is so much to be done
Before a tear is shed…
Author of this poem is Rameshwer Singh.
Rameshwer gave this poem to me on 5 March 1987 as a birthday gift for my 21st birthday on 4 March 1987. This poem has always been one of my most cherished possessions and I am sharing it today,29 October 2014, with the whole world to ensure that it remains that way even after the curtains come down and I am gone...
A beautiful poem and nice presentation of feeling in such purity of heart and love. I likes it very much.
For there is so much be done.....beautifully presented poem. Nice job done with mother's smile. Nature is mother. Beautiful one.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 5:48:38 AM # 1.0.0.1119
....smile while you can For there is so much to be done Before a tear is shed… The poem is all about being positive even in the face of adversity. These outpourings of a loving and caring heart can be helpful to one and all. It goes into MyPoemList. Thanks you so much for sharing this Exquisitely crafted Birthday Gift courtesy Shri Rameshwer Singh ji.
Thanks for this lovely comment, RajnishJi, on this poem which reminds me of the lovely days gone by, never to return...