कर रहे हो क्यूं इम्तहान

हे प्रभु ,

शक्ति दो !

कर रहे हो क्यूं 

इम्तहान इतनी कठिन 

एक गरीब की ?

हाथो में रख दिया 

बर्तन मिटटी का ,

जिस में छेद ज्यादे 

और कम थाली !

क्या तेरे घर भी 

कमी आटा की ,

जो रख दी थाली में 

भाखरी कीचड़ की ?

क्या न मिला तुजे 

कोई टूटा - फटा खमिस 

के छोड़ दिया मुझे 

दिगंबर वस्त्र धारी ?

क्यूं धकेला 

इस महफिले-संसार ,

जानते हुए की 

न मिलेगी यहाँ कोई साकी 

सदा खाली रहेगा 

इश्क का जाम ?

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 12 July 2020

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from original Gujarati  >  http://hcpspoems.blogspot.com/2013/08/blog-post.html

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Why are you testing?

Oh God ,

Give strength!

why are you doing it

the exam is so difficult

Of a poor person?

placed in hands

clay utensils,

which has more holes

And less plate!

Is it in your house too?

shortage of flour,

which was placed in the plate

Of bakhari mud?

what didn't you get

Any broken item

left me

Wearing Digambara clothes?

why pushed

This gathering world,

knowing that

You won't find any maid here

will always be empty

Jam of love?

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Translated In Google Translate - 13/02/2024

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Saturday, 17 August 2013

હું ભિખારી

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હે પ્રભો ,

શક્તિ દે  ;

કસોટી આકરી આદરી

રંક ની  ;

તૂટેલા શકોરા મહી

દીધી શેં ભાખરી

પંકની  ?

હું ભિખારી ,

ધરાં શૈયે

જર્જરિત વેષ ધારી

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