Marriage is an amazing institution. A caring and supporting spouse is the greatest boon one can have that neutralizes the absurdity of this world. Gratitude of a man to his loving spouse is beautifully expressed in this poem. Rajiv Krishna Saxena चलती रहीं तुम मैं अकेला था कहाँ अपने सफर …
Read More »याद आये – किशन सरोज
Remembering the love of his life, here is a lovely poem of Kishan Saroj. Rajiv Krishna Saxena याद आये याद आये फिर तुम्हारे केश मन–भुवन में फिर अंधेरा हो गया पर्वतों का तन घटाओं ने छुआ, घाटियों का ब्याह फिर जल से हुआ; याद आये फिर तुम्हारे नैन, देह मछरी, …
Read More »उस पगली लड़की के बिन – कुमार विश्वास
Kumar Vishwas is an emerging political face in the country, but he is a popular poet before that. Here is one of his poems that depicts the frustration of love in a very Indian context. Rajiv Krishna Saxena उस पगली लड़की के बिन मावस कि काली रातों में, दिल का …
Read More »तुमको रुप का अभिमान – रामकुमार चतुर्वेदी ‘चंचल’
A woman is proud of her beauty but her lover is proud of his love and dedication to her. She is like the full moon but his feelings are like the perturbation in deep sea. This poem compares the two. Rajiv Krishna Saxena तुमको रुप का अभिमान तुमको रुप का …
Read More »तुम्हारी उम्र वासंती – दिनेश प्रभात
Here is a lovely and romantic poem in praise of love. Enjoy the imagination of the poet. Rajiv Krishna Saxena तुम्हारी उम्र वासंती लिखी हे नाम यह किसके, तुम्हारी उम्र वासंती? अधर पर रेशमी बातें, नयन में मखमली सपने। लटें उन्मुक्तसी होकर, लगीं ऊंचाइयाँ नपनें। शहर में हैं सभी निर्थन, …
Read More »तेरे बिन – रमेश गौड़
Love that graced life is now gone but what does it still means to me? Here is a poem that has all the right metaphors. Rajiv Krishna Saxena तेरे बिन जैसे सूखा ताल बच रहे या कुछ कंकड़ या कुछ काई, जैसे धूल भरे मेले में चलने लगे साथ तन्हाई, …
Read More »तन बचाने चले थे – राम अवतार त्यागी
In life we pursue so many things but at times we lose sight of things that really deserve our attention. Rajiv Krishna Saxena तन बचाने चले थे तन बचाने चले थे कि मन खो गया एक मिट्टी के पीछे रतन खो गया। घर वही, तुम वही, मैं वही, सब वही …
Read More »रम्भा – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर
This excerpt is from the famous epic “Urvashi” by Ramdhari Dinkar. Urvashi, the apsara is madly in love with the earth king “Pururava” to the extent that she wants to relocate from swarga to earth permanently and become an earth woman. Her friends Rambha, Sehjaney and Menaka are perplexed that …
Read More »परखना मत – बशीर बद्र
Shri Bashir Badr is a well know poet of Hindustani. Here are few of his well-known shair. Rajiv Krishna Saxena परखना मत परखना मत, परखने में कोई अपना नहीं रहता किसी भी आईने में देर तक चेहरा नहीं रहता। बड़े लोगों से मिलने में हमेशा फ़ासला रखना जहाँ दरिया समंदर …
Read More »न मिलता गम – शकील बदायुनी
I have often felt that the deep frustration and pining about lost love depicted in Urdu poetry, is rarely seen in Hindi poetry. The Muslim tradition of purdah made the mixing of boys and girls very difficult and that frustration perhaps gets reflected in Urdu poetry. In Hindu tradition, such …
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