Khed da reh gaya khilonyaan de naal, Kadi mushkala de naal to khelya hi nahi.
Dujaya to sikhda reh gaya, te kade aapne aap no mai kuch sikhaya hi nahi.
ja ja vad da university, schoola, kade aapne mann aandar ta vadya hi nahi.
Pad pad ke kahaniya, kitaba thaka, te kade aapne aap no mai padya hi nahi.
Vade vade khavaba nu fad da rehgya, jede hath vich ha usno mai fadya hi nahi.
Choti choti trophiya khadkanda rehgaya, te kadi vadi manjal te chadya hi nahi.
O Sethi de naal lad da rehgaya, te kade aapne ghamand naal te mai kade ladya hi nahi.
I remained stuck with toys; I never played with hardships.
I kept learning from others, and I never taught myself anything.
I went on to universities and schools, but I never went inside my own mind.
Reading and reading stories and books tired me; I never studied myself.
I kept clutching at big dreams; I never held the one in my own hand.
I kept jingling small trophies, but I never climbed the big floor.
I kept fighting with Sethi, but I never fought with my own ego.
The last line is written from prespective of those readers who kept fighting with me, the poet of this poem, but never fought with their ego. It does not imply that I kept fighting with myself. My last name there also serves as my personal branding.
Kade Kuch Kita Hi Nahi is a self-reflective, mono-rhythmic poem meaning “did not really do anything”. It is not written from my prespective. But from someone who hit the the rock bottom and is now reflecting.
This poem has been inspired from Bulleh Shah’s Makkay Gayan Gul Mukdi Naaheen^1 and First segment of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Jana Jogi De Naal qawwali.
This is the first poem I have written, and that too just 2 days before exams. I just wrote it after 3 days of consuming such content. I have not included in any religious or romantic references, a common thing in works I consumed.