Rain on the Roof By – COATES KINNEY
Rain on the Roof By – COATES KINNEY
When the sky is covered with dark clouds and it starts raining, have you ever listened to the patter of soft rain on the roof? What thoughts flashed through your mind as you heard this melody of nature? Read the poem to find out what the poet dreamed of while listening to the rain.
| Word | Meaning |
| When | जब |
| Sky | आकाश |
| Covered | ढक जाता है |
| dark clouds | काले बादल |
| Starts | शुरू होती है |
| Raining | वर्षा |
| Ever | कभी |
| Listened | सुनी |
| Patter | टक – टक का शोर / पटपटाहट |
| soft rain | हल्की बारिश |
| Roof | छत |
| Thoughts | विचार |
| Flashed | कौंधे |
| Through | में |
| Mind | दिमाग |
| Heard | सुना |
| Melody | धुन |
| Nature | प्रकृति |
| Read | पढ़ें |
| find out | पता लगाना |
| Poet | कवि |
| Dreamed | सपना देखा |
| While | जब |
| Listening | सुन रहे |
When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What a bliss to press the pillow
Of a cottage-chamber bed
And lie listening to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead!
| Word | Meaning |
| When | जब |
| Humid | गीला / नम |
| Shadows | मेघ/ बादल |
| Hover | फड़फड़ाना / मंडराना |
| Over all | सम्पूर्ण |
| Starry | तारों से पूर्ण / तारों से जड़ा |
| Spheres | आकाश |
| Melancholy | उदासीपूर्ण / उदासी |
| Darkness | अंधकार |
| Gently | धीरे धीरे |
| Weeps | रोता है |
| Rainy tears | वर्षा रूपी आंसू |
| Bliss | परमानंद |
| Press | दबाना |
| Pillow | तकिया |
| cottage-chamber | गांव के घर का कमरा |
| Bed | बिस्तर |
| Lie | लेटना |
| Listening | सुनना |
| Overhead | ऊपर |
Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof,
As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof.
| Word | Meaning |
| Every | प्रत्येक |
| tinkle | मधुर हल्की –सी आवाज़ / खनखनाहट |
| Shingles | छत पर लगाई जाने वाली लकड़ी की फट्टियां / विसर्पी छाजन |
| echo | गूँज |
| Heart | दिल |
| Thousand | हजारों |
| dreamy | काल्पनिक |
| fancies | कल्पनाएँ |
| Into | के अंदर |
| busy | व्यस्त |
| being start | शुरू करती हैं। |
| Recollections | अनुस्मरण |
| Weave | बुनना |
| Their | उनके |
| air-threads | हवाई ताना बाना |
| Woof | बाना (वस्त्र) |
| Listen | सुनना |
| Patter | पट पट |
| Rain | वर्षा |
| Upon | ऊपर |
| roof | छत |
Now in memory comes my mother,
As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers
Ere she left them till the dawn:
O! I feel her fond look on me
As I list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
| Word | Meaning |
| Now | अब |
| Memory | स्मृति |
| Comes | आती हैं |
| my mother | मेरी माँ |
| used | किया करती थी |
| agone | पहले |
| Regard | निहारना |
| darling | प्रिय |
| Dreamers | स्वपन द्रष्टाओं |
| Ere | पहले |
| left | छोड़ना |
| Them | उन्हें |
| Till | तक |
| dawn | भोर |
| Feel | महसूस करना |
| Fond look | शौकीन नज़र |
| on me | मुझ पर |
| List | सुनना |
| Refrain | वर्षा ध्वनि की बारंबारता |
| Which | जो कि |
| Played | उत्पन्न करना |
| Shingles | विसर्पी छाजन |
| By | द्वारा |