My sleep got disturbed, thrice that day; br I could not sleep tho’ a holiday; br My mind was filled with thoughts unclear; br I got up in the morn, much earlier; br ‘Twas India’s Independence Day! br br Thunder, lightning filled the night’s Sky; br The day much overcast did fly; br The Rain was just a drizzle that day; br Wetted the ground of mud and clay; br ‘Twas 15th of August, a rainy day. br br The pea-birds howled and groaned that night; br The Rain made them shiver with fright; br Though ten, it looked like six in the morn; br The Sun behind the clouds had gone; br The Sky ground-glass remained that day. br br The leaky tap-waters that fell, br Raised wavelets, ploppy-toned and swell; br Rain-drops on cables looked like pearls; br Dropped, formed again, enticing souls; br It looked it would rain long that day.