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| Jammu. Spring.2013. |
Angan phuli chamba mala
Jamuan di karni pyari a
Chitthian bhejda koi na hin
ti khat nal ue chhori bas a
chakri Kashmir an di pai ma him
a on da tera sukh a sand
Jasmine is blooming in my courtyard and wafts its scent across my bed!
O Beloved, thy service in Jammu, but perforce thou must go to Kashmir:
I send thee letters, but none come back to tell of thy welfare –
Jasmine is blooming in my courtyard and wafts its scent across my bed!
~ A dogri folksong dating back to early 20th century Jammu about a woman’s lament about separation from lover caused by ‘durbar move’.
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