tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53305102031808321172024-02-19T22:19:07.334-08:00Punjabi PoemsParmindar Sodhi offical blogSodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-91236772701023353562010-04-19T01:56:00.001-07:002010-04-19T01:57:39.613-07:00This blog has moved<br /> This blog is now located at http://newpunjabipoetry.blogspot.com/.<br /> You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click <a href='http://newpunjabipoetry.blogspot.com/'>here</a>.<br /><br /> For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to<br /> http://newpunjabipoetry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.<br /> Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-2318065774954645692009-01-08T03:27:00.000-08:002009-01-08T03:58:05.361-08:00New Punjabi Poetry<span style="font-family:times new roman;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"> <strong>The Dry Leaf</strong></span></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">A Dry Leaf </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Falls</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Flutters </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Slowly</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Along the breeze...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Whither the dry leaf</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">It knows no hurry...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The dry leaf</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Will softly descend</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">On the bosom of the river</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The river also is in no hurry</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">To join the sea...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The dry leaf</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Will quietly descend </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> On the body of the trodden path</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> The path is in no hurry</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> To reach its destination...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The dry leaf</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Drops</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Drifts</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Slowly</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Along the breeze..</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Whither the dry leaf</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">It knows no hurry...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The dry leaf</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Has memories infinite</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Of green trees</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Of fragrant flowers</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Of melodious birds...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The dry leafs mind</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">However knows no burden...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">It falls </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> flutters</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> rhythmically</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> with the breeze...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The dry leaf observes</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> The fresh sprung grasses</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> The brand-new green nature</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Its mind however</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Is free of burden</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">For the dry leaf is</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">An intuitive knower...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The dry leaf is</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The Buddha incarnate...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">In the dry leaf</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Will merge one day</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">All these</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Rivers</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Grasses</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Oceans and</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> Busy pathways...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Whither the dry leaf !</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> It knows no hurry</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> This dry leaf...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></strong>Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-22236540351934229492009-01-08T03:22:00.000-08:002009-01-08T03:26:11.447-08:00A Punjabi Poem<img class="gl_bold" height="7" alt="Bold" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" width="1" border="0" /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"><strong>VANITY</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Paper sails...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">They pull boats along</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Towards fire islands</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Lost in a misty haze..</span></strong>Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-51896890082278520082009-01-08T03:18:00.000-08:002009-01-08T03:22:13.196-08:00New Punjabi Poetry<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"> <strong>VOYAGE</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Bird it was not,neither the waves</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Nor a ray,nor an echo</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">In the still waters of twilight</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Dropped just a dry leaf..</span></strong>Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-45070300420181106052009-01-06T03:12:00.000-08:002009-01-06T03:17:26.904-08:00A Punjabi Poem ( English Translation )<span style="font-family:georgia;"> <strong>Dialogue</strong></span><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>I speak</strong><br /><strong>To creat some forms</strong><br /><strong>Out of that dense mist</strong><br /><strong>That forms my inner space..</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>I listen</strong><br /><strong>To seek assuranance</strong><br /><strong>Of the reality</strong><br /><strong>Of my brittle existence..</strong>Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-66707094411818777582008-12-02T03:33:00.000-08:002008-12-03T20:28:47.843-08:00A Punjabi Poem<span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:180%;"><strong>..Boats and Pebbles..</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Like a boat</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">You float</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Along the current of mind..</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Like the reeds</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Along the bank</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">I watch you flow..</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Over me surges</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">A wave of tenderness</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">To flow beyond..</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Towards the oceans</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Toward the future</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Toward the unknown..</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">And bright glow the pebbles</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Strewn all around me</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Of gravelly relationships..</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">Bright-ever more bright</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;">In the pride of their concreteness..</span><br /><br />By <strong>Parminder Sodhi</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"></span>Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-67517372280492019382008-11-30T01:49:00.001-08:002008-12-09T20:20:42.454-08:00A Punjabi Poem<strong><em>.. Near-Far..</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>So close you are</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Like my body and soul</em></strong><br /><strong><em>So far away I am</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Like the desert from ocean..</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>So near I feel to you</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Like mother to the child</em></strong><br /><strong><em>So distant I am</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Like the native land to migrant..</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>You are so near</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the flight is to the bird</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the drop is to the rain</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the greenery is to trees</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the awareness is to Buddha..</em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em>I am as far away</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the stars from the earth</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the water from the thirst</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the war from peace</em></strong><br /><strong><em>As the pride from conscience..</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>Close to me you are</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Far away I am to you..</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>On the same day</em></strong><br /><strong><em>In a single meeting</em></strong><br /><strong><em>In the same relationship</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Occur so many paradoxes..</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>You and I - near and far</em></strong><br /><strong><em>So close - so distant as well.</em></strong> .<br /><br />By <strong>Parminder Sodhi</strong><br /><br /><strong><em></em></strong>Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330510203180832117.post-2596411801729700452008-11-30T01:29:00.000-08:002008-11-30T01:31:54.494-08:00A Zen Saying..<span style="font-size:130%;">Three hundred poems</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> come to one thing :</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Think </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> no evil..! </span>Sodhi Parminderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805574695544511893noreply@blogger.com1