Hi friends! Marathi is a beautiful language and although it isn’t my mother tongue I’ve loved and learned it from school days. Thanks to my lovely neighbours, I have quite a few famous titles at my disposal to read too. However, apart from essays and letters I never ventured into writing anything in Marathi for fear of messing it up. Although I’ve written quite a few poems in English and Hindi, this is my first Marathi poem. After all, rains bring out the romantic in us, right? Adding the translation for non-Marathi readers as well. Hope you like it! 🙂

भिजले पावसात मी

भिजले पावसात मी, आज ओली चिंब झाले.

अन भावनांना जुन्या जसे नवे उधाण आले.

रेनकोट घातला असला तरी वाचू शकले नाही,

तनामनावर आवर आज मी घालू शकले नाही.

गाडी वेगळी होती आणि दुसरी होती जागा,

एकटेपणाचा राहून राहून करत होते त्रागा.

डोळे लाल झाले होते पावसाच्या थेंबांनी,

हॅन्डल सुटत होते गाडीचे ओलसर हातांनी.

लक्ष नव्हतं तरी माझं तुझ्याशिवाय कश्यावर,

खरंच नव्हतास का रे तू गाडीच्या आरश्यावर?

आज पण मी एकटी पण सोबतीला पाऊस आहे,

मिठी मारून, जवळ घेऊन, तो मला भुलवित आहे.

तुझा विचार आला पण मी मोकळ्यापणाने हसले,

तुला प्रेम करण्यात खरं मी स्वतःला हरवून बसले.

पावसाच्या थेंबांनीच भिजू देते आज ओठांना,

कोणाची का होईना पण माझी एकूलतीच मी, हो ना?

Translation of Marathi poem:

In the rain, I got drenched today

Old feelings flooded in like a new storm.

I couldn’t save myself through the raincoat,

My heart and mind were out of control too.

The vehicle was different and so was the place,

And I was whining away about my loneliness.

My eyes were bloodshot with raindrops,

The scooter handle slipped through my damp hands.

Yet, all my attention was on nothing but you.

Was your image in the mirror really not true?

Today too I’m alone and the rain’s giving me company.

Hugging me close, it’s playfully distracting me.

I laugh out freely whenever your thought comes up,

I had lost myself completely in you, had I not?

I’m getting my lips soaked wet with raindrops instead,

Why someone else, I’m enough for me, yes?

This post is a part of Blogchatter Half Marathon

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