"Valli'v Kei:shri'ss
Campus"
Krakh vei'cch shaal'thoukh gaye'
vyethi yeeri'
Ti'kh kei'd lookav mouchhi' vachakh
cheeri'
Ka:dl' beeni' pye'tth noumayyi'
bwon kun
Ama pouz vi'n-zi-vi'n neyri' tthoutthi'
ki'n;
Za:nith pouz chhu ni' to:ti' aai:s
gacchaan prath vizi aanti'
Wakhtah ose ti' wakhtah oasukh
su-ti' hard' kyoho sount';
Soe' ga'ya:e kasheer, yahbaa chhu
amreekah
Gi'shaan paan sakh yeti' prath
kanh
Yithi'ss munz kus sanah chhi saamrath
afwah bozni'ch
Ta'mi' khouti' chhuss na zeibti'
panun gurri' so:r ni'ch;
Yaari'z ti' ei':shna:vee tha'vi'hay
laasvi'ny' laayekh
Pani'n kie'n samkhyehay' saari'n'y
vahiko-vahyakh
Magar kari'kyah door chhi' akh-akis
nish la'gmi't
Sirif chhi' telephonun pyatth hyakaan
sumkhith;
Wo:uny chhukh maylaan ve'ri'yus
munz akh bahanah sumkhunuk
Yik-watti' rullnuk, mey'-zi, kei'shi'ri'
kampuk
Kyah wounnu'kh jaan, huyyo, va'lliv
sa':ree kampus
Navyan kyoho praanyan sie':t ra'lle'view
paanus;
Pouzai boozew boukki' chhi hi'naan
khushee sie':t
Shui'rr kyoho gui'rr chhi ti'kaan
wou'ssi' sie':t
Issli'ye: ka'rri'v prun bro:ntthus
maylove za'n sheetalnathni'
Jalsi'-jaloos, nye'ni' butti',
zaan-praznaav, ti' Gya'v-ni'.
(Roshan Mattoo, July 17, 1998)