Sunil Uniyal

wind water earth sky - all things remain the same
for our Lord in heaven above we are but a game

He tests us at every step if we fail
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A win, a clap, a cheer, a pat -
We ne'er had that, we ne'er had that.

We went to woods for butterflies,
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That evening jogging on the beach with my friends
miles and miles away from home i was alone

the sea was rolling and unrolling its carpet of blue and grey
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I don't know why, it's strange but true-
I feel lost in front of you

Virtues in me are too many,
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Hindi Original~

Goree soye sej pe, mukh pe daare kes
Chal Khusro ghar aapne, rain bhayi chaudes
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O Mother Divine
Bless me with your mercy please

Running wayward in my life
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I've left my father's home
I am now in an alien land

Married off beyond four mountains
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It's Holi, it's Holi, dear friends.

All envy let's shun
All hatred let's burn
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two birds sit on a pipal bough

one flies off to pick dry twigs to build a nest
the other bird watches quietly this process
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from Pylon Point
on Harbour Bridge -
a ship crawls in
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Original ~

pyaas to hai par jaam nahin hai
taruvar hai par chhaaon nahin hai
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Hail to Thee, O Kamakhya Devi, hail to Thee! !

To Thy abode at Nilanchal
Thy sons and daughters come to Thee,
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Traveller O, why your feet have halted there?
Your terminus is still nowhere near.

Hear the brook that goes on singing in the woods,
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Is andheri kothri men utar aayi roshni
Phir kisi ne aaj kholaa band roshandaan
Ek boodhe naujavaan ne kyaa bhari hunkaar
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They all gather round the man in his seventies
Who is on a fast-unto-death against the muck:

I hear the flutter of a change in the spring wind!
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Bhaya more meto Hanumaanaa.
Haun baalak main to ati nirbal, mohe nirbhaya balee banaanaa.
Ashta-siddhi nau nidhi ke daataa, ko hai jag men tor samaanaa.
Prabhu kaaraj hita laanghyo saagar, Lankpuree ko kiyo masaanaa.
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(Mere man ye bataa de tu, from the Hindi Film 'Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna') ~

O my heart just tell me
whither you go
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Original-Hindi Brajabhasha (by Surdas) ~

jo sukh hot Gopaalahin gaaye
so nahin hot kiye jap tap ke kotik teerath nhaaye
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