A Homeless Night

My family's gone, 

There's no one home. 

It's only me

Who's home alone. 

I'm stuck without friends or foe. 

My sadness has begun to grow, 

It's outdated I've outgrown 

My family's gone, 

There's no one home.

I go to the garden to talk to my friends

Who tell me about some new trends.

My family's gone there's no one home

It's only me who's home alone.

They're still not here

I'm waiting for long

I turn this rhyme into a song.

At last I cross my fingers and I see them in the car.

I jog up to them, and then we go afar. 

- Mahika Pradhan

(Created while waiting alone for parents to return home.)

Chintu, Pintu In The Village

गोष्टीचे नाव जरी इंग्रजी मध्ये असले तरी गोष्टं मराठीत आहे.




एक मुलगा मुलगी होते. त्यांची नावं चिंटू आणि पिंटू. मुलगा चिंटू, आणि मुलगी पिंटू. ते एका छोट्या गावात राहत होते. त्या गावाचा एक 'bravest' भूभू होता.

चिंटू आणि पिंटू दररोज लवकर उठायचे आणि ब्रश करून शाळेत जायचे. एक दिवस त्यांच्या 'ट्रॅव्हलर' च्या ऑंटी फोने आला की गाडी खराब आहे म्हणून मेन रोड वर या.

मग ते गेले सर्व बाहेर. तर बघतो काय! गाडी बंद पडली होती. चिंटू-पिंटूची आई मेकॅनिक होती. मग तिने गाडीच्या खाली जाऊन गाडी दुरुस्त केली. गाडीच्या पुढचे मशीन पण ठीक केलं.

सगळेजण त्यांच्या आईला थँक यू म्हणाले. मग सगळे शाळेत गेले.

अशी झाली छोट्या गावातली गोष्टं! 

मुलगा आणि झाडे

एक मुलगा होता
झाडांवर बसला होता

तो गेला फिरायला त्याने बघितले

खूप झाडे-झाडे होती

त्याने सगळी झाडे
खाऊन टाकली

Sand In The Water

The sand in the water
The water on the sand

All the people
Going on the sand
In the water

All the people
Have their sea-sand suits

They're enjoying
Sea-bathing

The Sandwich Song

I've eaten a sandwich
Yummy, yummy sandwich is ready

What, what things in the sandwich
Batatoes, tomatoes, and some cheese and sauce
Our sandwich is ready!

Dolphin Song

Dolphin in the water
Jumping in the water

They jump always
Jumpy, jumpy, jump

तारा हैं गगन में

(First impromptu Hindi song by Mahika.)

तारा हैं गगन में
चाँद हैं गगन में
सुरज हैं गगन में

उपर कैसे जायेंगे हम?
Aeroplane से जाना होगा

Aeroplane जाता हैं आकाश के ऊपर
Aeroplane जाता हैं सूरज के ऊपर

Moon के ऊपर भी जा सकता हैं
सूरज के ऊपर भी जा सकता हैं 

The Cycling Song

(Impromptu song made by Mahika while riding her bicycle.)

Keep pedalling
Keep pedalling
On the left

When people come in front of you
Ring the bell and put on the brakes

Keep pedalling
Keep pedalling
On the left

Cycling pedalling
Keep pedalling
On the left

You have to exercise
Cycling or swimming
Swimming or jogging
Jogging or running
Running or walking

Keep pedalling
Keep pedalling
On the left

Zebra, Lion, And Snake Song

(Impromptu poem made by Mahika.)

Zebra, in the dark jungle
Eating some grass
And drinking some water

Lion, in the dark jungle
Eating a bone

Snake, in his house
Eating a mouse

The Water Song

The water is very nice, nice

The soap is mine, mine, mine

The water is cold, cold, cold

And it makes me feel good at home, home, home

I love the water in my bath tub like a baby whale!

(Impromptu poem by Mahika)

I Have A Little Doggy

Mahika's first self-made poem.

The poem is a little funny, with no rhyme. It's still her first and deserves a note here.

I have a little doggy
And he bit one little friend
And he bit one parrot
She knocked on the door
And nobody inside.

झोप

झोप येते कोठून
झोप जाते कोठून

आली की काय करते?
खाते काय, पिते काय?

झोपेला झोप आली तर
माणसाला झोप येईल काय?

(Composed by my father for my daughter)

एक छोटा बीज

एक छोटा बीज, ज़मीन के अंदर था
आँख बंद करके, वो सोया रहता था

टिपुर टिपुर बारिश, बीज पे गिरती थी
सरकते सरकते सरकते, वो सरकता चला गया

एक समय आया, सूरज ने प्रकाश डाला
सूरज की किरणें बोली, अब तू बहुत सो लिया

बीज ने ली अंगड़ाई, और वो उठ गया
इधर उधर देखके वो नाचने लगा

एक छोटा पौधा, अब वृक्ष में बदल गया
आसपास के गाँव में वो छाँव देने लगा

आते जाते लोगों को वो छाँव देने लगा
आहा छाँव देने लगा, आहा  छाँव देने लगा

[My daughter performed this song in her first ever school gathering. She could sing it all very well and performed it superbly. Not only is the song beautiful, but my daughter's rendition makes it all the more lovely.]

The Road

The road travelled far and wide
Waiting for no man, time or tide.
it was born as a village street
On which children played without shoes on their feet.
As the children grew
the street changed anew.
Now it became a town road
And was made to look like one in Abroad.
But now it has become a road,
On which city life walks like a crew aboard.
Symbolising sophisticated people and their world.
But has it forgotten the time - now very blur,
When it was a village road;
And not one cared about it, not even a toad?
No! It hasn't forgotten the days
When it transformed in a thousand ways,
In the position it is ow
Discarding its 'olden things' then and now.
But it is happy with its life so far
As it is with Broadway on par.
It has helped people reach their destination
And has taught them to progress with determination.
It has shared so many joys and sorrows
Seen so many happy faces and burdened brows,
That it feels lucky to have been
Whatever he is, than Broadway be.

- 20-Sep-2000 (I wrote this poem around 13 years back.)

ऋतुराजाची चाहूल

 - पद्मा गोळे

आला शिशिर संपत
पानगळती सरली,
ऋतुराजाची चाहूल
झाडावेलीना लागली.

देवचाफा हा पहा ना
अंगोपांगी बहरला,
मोगराही कोवळ्याशा
पाने सजाया लागला. 

डोळे खिळविती माझे
जास्वंदीची लाल फुले,
बहाव्याने येथे तेथे
सोनतोरण बांधिले.

'कुहू' गाऊन  कोकिळा
करी वसंत-स्वागत,
तिलाही मी विनविते
शिकव ना मला गीत. 

Delight in Disorder

- Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness:
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction:
An erring lace, which here and there
Enthrals the crimson stomacher:
A cuff neglected, and thereby
Ribbands to flow confusedly:
A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat:
A careless shoe-string, in whose tie
I see a wild civility:
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part.

वासरू

- आत्माराम रावजी देशपांडे (कवी अनिल) (१९०१ - १९८२)


ओढाळ वासरू रानी आले फिरू
कळपाचा घेरू सोडुनिया

कानांमध्ये वारे भरुनिया न्यारे
फेर धरी फिरे रानोमाळ

मोकाट मोकाट, अफाट अफाट
वाटेल ती वात धावू लागे

विसरुनी भान भूक नि तहान
पायांखाली रान घाली सारे

थकुनिया खूप सरता हुरूप
आठवे कळप तयालागी

फिरू जाता मागे दूर जाऊ लागे
आणखीच भागे भटकत

पडता अंधारू लागले हंबरू
माय! तू लेकरू शोधू येई. 

अन्योक्ती

- कृष्णशास्त्री चिपळूणकर (१८२४ - १८७८)


मयूरान्योक्ती

झाडे पेटुनी वाजती कडकडा, त्यांचा ध्वनी होतसे,
ज्वाला राहुनि राहुनी उठती या, विद्युल्लता ही नसे,
काळा धूर नभी बहु पसरला, हा मेघ नोहे खरा,
वर्षाकाळ न हा, दवानल असे, मोरा, पळे रे घर घरा.




शुकान्योक्ती 

फळे मधुर खावया असति, नित्य मेवे तसे,
हिरेजडीत सुंदरी कनकपंजरीही वसे,
अहर्निश तथापि तो शुक मनात दु:खें झुरे,
स्वतंत्र वनवृत्तिच्या घडिघडी सुखाते स्मरे.







बाकान्योक्ती 

उभा राहे एके चरणी धरणीते धरुनिया,
तपस्चर्या वाटे करित जणु डोळे मिटुनिया.
बका, ऐशा ढोंगे तव अमति मासेच ठकती,
परि ज्ञाते तूझे कपट लवलाही उमजती. 

Habits of the Hippopotamus

- Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)

The hippopotamus is strong

     And huge of head and broad of bustle;
The limbs on which he rolls along
     Are big with hippopotamuscle.
He does not greatly care for sweets
     Like ice cream, apple pie, or custard,
But takes to flavour what he eats
     A little hippopotamustard.
The hippopotamus is true
     To all his principles, and just:
He always tries his best to do
     The things one hippopotamust.
He never rides in trucks or trams,
     In taxicabs or omnibuses,
And so he keeps out of traffic jams
     And other Hippopotamusses.

British Rail Regrets

- Stephen Morris

British Rail regrets
The delay of the 9.20 train
From New Castle-on-Tyne,
Which was due to arrive
In Bristol at 18.00 hours.
The delay has occurred
Because the train has been derailed
Seven miles north of Leeds,
After being in collision
With an empty passenger train.
So far, only forty-seven
Of the hundred and ten
Bodies have been identified,
Seventeen of these being children.
Will people meeting the train
Please report
To the Station Master's Office,
Which can be found on platform one,
Where they will receive
Further information?
We would like to apologise,
For any inconvenice
Which may have been caused
To other passengers.
The 12.10 train from Manchester
Will be arriving on time.