The up and down and up!

It is the time of the year to fly and soar high!
It is the time of the year the sun moves up north,
It is the time of the year the wind direction changes,
It is the time of the year you fly your colourful kites!

You can smell the boiling jaggery this time around,
You can hear the scream ‘kapiyay’ this time around,
You can bite and chew the sugarcane this time around,
You can see the colours in multitude this time around.

Oh! To be on the terrace as the wind blows on your face
Oh! To be on the ground with your feet firmly planted
Oh! To be with your friends, with the music ringing in your ears
Oh! To be holding the ‘firki’ and letting your kite soar high!

The kite soars high as the wind blows
The kite soars high - as we release the string
The kite soars up, searching for weak links
The kite soars up, having found the link.

What can happen to the link that was weak?
What could happen but that it lost its roots?
What could happen, to the one that lost?
What could happen? Oh! What could happen?

It starts all over again, the one that fell
It starts all over again, the one that lost
It starts all over again, in a new place
It starts all over again with a new one!

It is so similar to our own lives
It is so similar to our aspirations
It is so similar to our achievements
It is so similar to our ups and downs!

It is the time of the year to make a new beginning
It is the time of the year to start your planning
It is the time of the year to change your desire to want
It is the time of the year your kiting skill you flaunt!