By: Siddhi Charan Shrestha
Mero Pyaro Okhaldhunga
( मेरो प्यारो ओखलढुंगा )
Mero Pyaro Okhaldhunga, literally translated as "My Beloved Okhaldhunga", is the poem composed by Siddhi Charan Shrestha. This poem is considered to be one of his masterpieces. In this poem, he has expressed how proud he is to describe the place Okhaldhunga, where he had spent his childhood days.
तिम्रै सुन्दर हरियालीमा
तिम्रै शीतल वक्षस्थलमा
यो कविको शैशवकाल बित्यो
हाँस्यो खेल्यो वन-कुन्ज घुम्यो
मेरो प्यारो ओखलढुंगा !
In the beauty of your greenery and in the coolness of your heart, this poet's childhood has been spent. Laughing, playing, and travelling in the forest; O my beloved Okhaldhunga!
जब म चढेर भावको डुंगा
सैर गर्छु स्मृतिको प्रिय गंगा
स्वप्न गगनबाट सुशीतल जल
सुखस्मृतिको बर्सन्छ रिमझिम
मेरो प्यारो ओखलढुंगा !
Riding the boat of feelings, I sail through the beloved Ganga of remembrance (of my childhood days). From the sky of dreams, the cool rain of sweet thoughts drips down; O my beloved Okhaldhunga!
कुसुमाकरको आँचल पक्री
मलाई कति खोज्दी हुन् प्रकृति
मृग-शावकहरू उफ्री-उफ्री
तरु-लतिकाहरू हल्ली-हल्ली
मेरो प्यारो ओखलढुंगा !
Holding the fringe of Spring, nature might have been searching me. Baby deers been jumping around, and climbers in the tree might have been moving along with the movement of fresh air of Spring; O my beloved Okhaldhunga!
ती अविरल परिश्रमी पतकर
द्रुतगामी निर्झरतुल्य चपल
बहँदै वनवनमा चारैतिर
खोज्दा हुन् मेरो पदको पथ
मेरो प्यारो ओखलढुंगा !
Those laborious and ever shedding leaves and the fast-moving wind, as if like a continuous flowing waterfall, might have been wandering along the forests searching the mark of my feet to find my way; O my beloved Okhaldhunga!
तामाकोशी, त्यो सुनकोशी
त्यो गिरी फोरी बहने रोसी
मेरो हृदयको तिम्रो चित्र
पारिरहन्छ हरदम पवित्र
मेरो प्यारो ओखलढुंगा !
Tamakoshi and Sunkoshi, along with river Rosi which flows piercing through the hills; these rivers ever purify the picture of your scenic beauty in my heart; O my beloved Okhaldhunga!
भाग्यलहरमा लहरी-लहरी
पुगेँ म यस मरूस्थलमा कसरी
तर खेद छैन तिम्रो आकृति
लेखिएको छ यो हृदयभरि
मेरो प्यारो ओखलढुंगा !
Sailing through the waves of fate, how did I reach this desert-like place (this represents dry land of cities devoid of greenery)? But I do not have regret, for your figure (beauty and love) is written throughout this heart; O my beloved Okhaldhunga!
