Today again I’m alone; yet again so lonely
My heart feels very heavy; the worries creep along
Look, wispy clouds are wafting; yonder, romance is thickening
The chill came along, it made its home here;
But look outside, aren’t those butterflies flaunting?
Listen to my heart, in it lives the whole wide world;
Hear this thumping heart, it’s amassed all its silence
Today again I’m alone; yet again so lonely
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Despair is fleeting, life is nothing, there’s no reality, it’s only fiction
When a knife pierces through, why wait in vain,
There’s never counteraction
In this wheel called ‘Time’, I ponder, “Who am I?”
I’m nothing; just a trifling, at best, a tiny-teensy ‘cog’
Today again I’m alone; yet again so lonely
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No matter whom I talk to, fear seizes me
I press my hands together,
With respect, all in all in good faith
In case you are my teacher
In case I am thy teacher
Today again I’m alone; yet again so lonely
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Someone comes up close
Someone drifts afar
Nothing holds an appeal, alas,
This heart is still ablaze
It seems I’m just a jumble
Perhaps I’m a maze
Today again I’m alone; yet again so lonely
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She who dwells inside this heart
Today, her thoughts keep haunting me
O Lord, our parting was a curse upon me
It filled my heart with despair,
Now despair doesn’t pause to catch its breath;
It just keeps trickling down
Today again I’m alone; yet again so lonely
(P.S.: This was my humble attempt at translating a Hindi poem, “Akela”, published by Vijay Akela in “Lashkar“.)
Words-n-Motion 