Everyone’s simply loving this year!
And here I am complaining this year.
It’s time to change the tide of times;
My mischief’s still campaigning this year.
They’re busy making Dreams come True.
My Truth is Doomsday reigning this year.
Allowed to read out a line, Misra,
I waste it on profaning this year.
Translated from my Hindi poem, “नया साल मुबारक”
nayā sāl mubārak
nae sāl mein sab mohabbat kar rahein hein
aur hum hein ki shikāyat kar rahein hein
waqt to aa gaya hai ki waqt badle
hum phir wahi sharārat kar rahein hein
log banānein chalein hein sapnein haqiqat
hum haqiqat hi qayāmat kar rahein hein
ijāzat thi padhnein ko ek hi misra
hum fir touhīn-e-ijāzat kar rahein hein
Minakhi Misra 