MOON LIGHT

Mahendra BhatnagarMahendra Bhatnagar26 Jun 1926

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Giving herself airs the moonlight approaches me,
Knowing me alone, the moonlight beguiles me ever!

Slowly on the parapets comes down the moon-light,
Lovely and sweet song sings the queenly moonlight!

On my roof and tin-shade spreads the moon-light,
With my hands and face openly plays the moon-light!

Sleeps not herself nor allows others, the moonlight!
At dawn, nobody knows where flees the moonlight!

This moon-light speaks not to me none knows why,
Fills the heart with strange nectar of love, this moonlight!

Mahendra Bhatnagar
About the poet

Mahendra Bhatnagar

Mahendra Bhatnagar (Hindi: महेंद्र भटनागर (Devanagari); born 26 June 1926) is a Hindi and Indian English poet from India. He is one of the significant post-independence voices in his field of poetry, expressing the lyricism and pathos, as well as aspirations…

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