Pratidaan Mein Prem

sahej kar rakhanaa
sukh ke us param anubhooti ke kShaN ko
do aur do chaar hatheliyon ke beech
jyon svaati nakShatr ke boondon ko
jatan se rakhataa hai seep

patajhaḌ ke mausam men
jab yaadon kee nadee
ret ban jaaegee
tab svaati nakShatr kee motee kee aabhaa hee
narm hatheliyon kee uShNataa ko barakaraar rakhegee

ek din lauTegaa pathik
jogee ke vesh men
maangegaa prem kaa pratidaan bhikShaa men
ho sake to ankapaash men jakaḌ lenaa
patajhaḌ men vasant ko koee
yoo(n) hee jaane bhee detaa hai kyaa?

चित्रकार: नूपुर अशोक