Delight

DELIGHT
[Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar]
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Clouds have overcast,

Clouds have overspread!
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Lightning flashed
All around,

The earth
Emits sweet fragrance!
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Since ages

The earth
was alone

In separation dry

Bored and restless,
.

Became Suhaagin

Blessed with union

With her dear cloud,

And the empty sky

Reverberated

With the roar of clouds!
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Rain has started,
Rain has started!

The thick clouds
auspicious

Began to surge,

The bright blackish beauty

Spread all around!
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A bride,

Swinging in joyful mood

Visited each and every house!

And sung Kajlee

In tunes melodious.
.

Clouds have spread

Rain has started!
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1 Woman whose husband is alive.
2 A folk-song sung in an indigenous month of Bhaadon by village-women of India.