“Clouds have come” Translated by Madhu Sriwastav
Megh Aaye by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (Hindi)
Clouds have come all dressed up flamboyantly
The wind comes before singing dancing in joy
Doors windows begin to open in lanes
As if a guest has come to village from city
Clouds have come all dressed up flamboyantly.
Trees stoop and peep with raised necks
Storm has come, dust runs away raising the long skirt
With sidelong glance river boggles, veil slips
Clouds have come all dressed up flamboyantly.
Old Peepal comes ahead to welcome
‘You’ve remembered me after a year’
Overwhelmed the leaves say, as a beloved behind a door
Jubilant the ponds fill up like a brimming washbowl
Clouds have come all dressed up flamboyantly.
Attic of the horizon has darkened, lightning strikes,
‘Forgive me the bundle of misgivings is now untied’
Dam of emotions has burst tears of union flow freely
Clouds have come all dressed up flamboyantly.
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was a Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright. He was one of the seven poets who first published in one of the “Tar Saptaks”, which ushered in the ‘Prayogvaad’ era, which later evolved into the “Nayi Kavita” movement.
