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{Suresh 375) The butterfly and the bud: Poem
तितली और कली (Titalee aur kalee)

हरी ( green ) डाल ( branch ) पर लगी हुई थी कली ( bud) ,
(Haree daal par lagee hui thee kalee,)
The bud was there on the green branch.
नन्ही ( little) सुन्दर एक कली ,
(Nanhee sundar ek kalee,)
A beautiful little bud.
तितली उससे आकर बोली ( said) ,
(Titalee usasey aakar bolee,)
The butterfly came to her and said,
तुम लगती हो बड़ी भली ( noble) ,
(Tum lagtee ho badee bhlee.)
You seem to be very nice/good/noble.
अब जागो ( wake up), तुम आँखें ( eyes) खोलो ( open) ,
(Ab jaago tum aankhein kholo)
Now wake up , open your eyes.
और हमारे संग ( with) खेलो,
Aur hamaarey sang khelo,)
And play with us.
फैले सुन्दर ( lovely ) महक तुम्हारी ,
(Faiyley sundar mahak tumhaaree,
Your lovely fragrance/smell spreads,
महके सारी ( entire) गली ( lane) गली ( alley),
(mahakey saaree galee galee,)
All the lanes smell good,
कली छिटककर खिली ( blossomed) रंगीली ( colourful) ,
(Kalee chhitak.kar khilee rangeelee,)
colourful bud blossomed all of a sudden/in a spurt.
तुरंत (soon) खेल की सुनकर ( listening to ) बात ,
(turant khel kee sunkar baat.)
Soon after listening to ,about the game,
साथ हवा ( wind ) के लगी भागने ,
(Saath hawaa ke lagee bhaaganey,)
Started rushing (running )together with the breeze,
तितली छूने ( touch ) उसे चली,
(Titalee chhoonay usey chalee,)
The butterfly left to touch her.
Vocabulary:
डाल (daal) branch
कली (kalee) bud
नन्ही (nanhee ) little
भली (bhalee) noble
महक (mahak) fragrance/smell
गली (galee) lane/alley
खिली (khilee) blossomed
रंगीली (rangeelee) colourful
छूने (chhoney) touch
Quiz?
1. Synonym for गली ?
2. Synonym for महक ?
3. Masculine for नन्ही ?
4. Frame this sentence properly by placing the verb at appropriate place in the sentence.हरी डाल पर लगी हुई थी कली |
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I liked this lesson, it was much better paced (slower) than some of the other ones.
Dear Christine:
Aaabhaar( grateful); Any particular lesson/lessons, you could not understood or have question/clarifications, do write to me. Kindly send me the particulars. I will see what best can be done so that you are able to understand/grasp better.(Speed/content/ clarification etc.)
My initial lessons of 2010/11 used to have reading only once but certainly at least last one year ‘s lessons have been repeated i.e pronounced twice. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
My mother tongue is Tamil. Though I am well conversant with Hindi ( studied all thru’ in Hindi medium till graduation), I had never done recording in my life till 2010.
Besides there were some other factors/issues cropped up time to time ( voice, some lessons had to be redone for various lessons). After initial struggle, only I could improve my presentations.
PS: Initial lessons of mine used to be big & pronounced only once by me. ( This site would accept MP3 recording upto 7 MB only for a lesson ) . Later on I started splitting a lesson ,if big/large one, into more lessons/ a few were also put into a series.
Thanks for the patience & constant support.
Awaiting response.
Dhanywad
Regards,
Suresh.
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