Sandhya

नीरव संध्या में प्रशान्त,
ड़ूबा है सारा ग्राम प्रान्त।

पत्रों के आनत अधरों पर,
सो गया निखिल वन का मरमर,
ज्यों वीणा के तारों मे स्वर।

झिंगुर के स्वर का प्रचुर तीर,
केवल प्रशांति को रहा चीर,
इस महाशांति को कर गंभीर।

[Words by Sumitranandan Pant, I dont remember from where, and lines might be slightly wrong, send corrections please]
[Image taken by me from a train somewhere near Mathura, 2003]

Hindi this time

I’m posting here after a long time. Somehow Anju reminded me of this blog. And Jeet I edited the sidebar. Now it’s little more informative.

Khair, today I somehow feel like quoting some good Hindi poetry. So take this:

dono aor prem palataa hai.
priya,
patanga to jalataa hi hai,
deepak bhi jalataa hai.

Another one, this time from Sumitra Nandan Pant:

paawas ritu thi, parvat pradesh,
pal-pal parivartit pakriti vesh

mekhala-akaar, parvat apaar,
apane sahasra drug-suman faad,
avalok raha tha bar-bar,
neeche jal me nij mahaakaar.

And now a self composed one:

ghar ho ik sundar chandan ka,
ghar ho wah komal bandhan,
yeh swapna sajeele mai apane saakaar nahi kar paaonga,
kalp-vriksha ki amal kali tujhe pyaar nahi de paaonga.

tum wah sundar phool ho jo,
jo patzhad me khil jaaye,
mai wah sukha patta hoon,
ho bahaar me zhad jaaye,
bhavuk kavita apane man ki har baar nahi de paaonga,
kalp-vriksha ki amal kali tujhe pyaar nahi de paaonga.

That’s it for now. We’ll be back with lot more. Stay tuned!!