10 lines from poems and shayaris that capture the nature of monsoon

Monsoon lines

Bringing with itself rain, wind, and storm, monsoon for sure keeps people happy and entertained. And this feeling has been extended into words by many authors and poets. Here we list 10 of the most beautiful and iconic lines about the monsoon.

​निदा फ़ाज़ली

बरसात का बादल तो दीवाना है क्या जानेकिस राह से बचना है किस छत को भिगोना है

​Robert Frost

The roadside flowers, too wet for the bee,Expend their bloom in vain.Come over the hills and far with me,And be my love in the rain.

​मुनीर नियाज़ी

घटा देख कर ख़ुश हुईं लड़कियाँछतों पर खिले फूल बरसात के

​Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;Thy fate is the common fate of all,Into each life some rain must fall.

​नासिर काज़मी

याद आई वो पहली बारिशजब तुझे एक नज़र देखा था

​William Wordsworth

How beautiful is the rain!After the dust and heat,In the broad and fiery street,In the narrow lane,How beautiful is the rain!

परवीन शाकिर

मैं क्यूँ उस को फ़ोन करूँ!उस के भी तो इल्म में होगाकल शबमौसम की पहली बारिश थी

​William Shakespeare in ‘Twelfth Night’

When that I was and a little tiny boy,With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,A foolish thing was but a toy,For the rain it raineth every day

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मैं कि काग़ज़ की एक कश्ती हूँपहली बारिश ही आख़िरी है मुझे

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