This page features a video of the poem “Paper Boats”, prescribed under the Karnataka State Syllabus for 5th Standard English Second Language. Along with its summary in three languages and transliterated songs. It serves as a valuable learning resource for students and parents, with each song accompanied by its respective lyrics for easy sing-along. The synchronized lyrics help learners follow and recite the song as it progresses, making memorization and learning by heart easier, more effective, and enjoyable.
Lyrics
English
Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the
running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the
name of the village where I live.
I hope that someone in some strange land will find
them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with shiuli flowers from our
garden, and
hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried
safely to land in the night.
I launch my paper boats and look up into the
sky and see the
little clouds setting their white bulging sails.
I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends
them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and
dream that my
paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.
The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the
lading is their baskets full of dreams.
running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the
name of the village where I live.
I hope that someone in some strange land will find
them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with shiuli flowers from our
garden, and
hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried
safely to land in the night.
I launch my paper boats and look up into the
sky and see the
little clouds setting their white bulging sails.
I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends
them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and
dream that my
paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.
The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the
lading is their baskets full of dreams.
Summary
The poem describes a child who floats paper boats down a running stream
every day. The child writes a name and village on the boats and hopes
that someone in a distant land will discover them. The boats are loaded
with shiuli flowers so that the dawn blossoms may travel safely to
another shore. The child also imagines the clouds as playmates racing
with the paper boats in the sky. At night, the child dreams that the
boats continue under the stars carrying fairies and baskets full of
dreams.
every day. The child writes a name and village on the boats and hopes
that someone in a distant land will discover them. The boats are loaded
with shiuli flowers so that the dawn blossoms may travel safely to
another shore. The child also imagines the clouds as playmates racing
with the paper boats in the sky. At night, the child dreams that the
boats continue under the stars carrying fairies and baskets full of
dreams.
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