Here is the utterings of a lovelorn man praising to sky the beauty of his love. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मेहंदी लगाया करो दूिधया हाथ में, चाँदनी रात में, बैठ कर यूँ न मेंहदी रचाया करो। और सुखाने के करके बहाने से तुम इस तरह चाँद को मत जलाया करो। जब …
Read More »क्या करेगी चांदनी – हुल्लड़ मुरादाबादी
Hullad Muradabadi (real name Sushil Chadha) died this week (July 12, 2014). He was a well-known poet who enthralled audience with humor and satire in his poems. Many of his poems are available in our collection. Here is another one to commemorate and celebrate his life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena क्या …
Read More »संग तुम्हारे – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना
After all the initial trials and tribulations of love and adjustments, a real grace emerges in mature couples who could endure. They have gone through good and bad times together and have attained a kind of resilience that sees them through and provides strength to keep marching hand-in-hand – Rajiv …
Read More »हम तो मस्त फ़क़ीर – गोपाल दास नीरज
Life is a temporary phase. We come into this world and leave one day. In between, many get too pre-occupied with hording wealth and name. Indian thought has always considered this tendency madness. Detachment with material things and love for humanity has always been the saintly advice in India. Here …
Read More »दो दिन ठहर जाओ – रामकुमार चतुर्वेदी ‘चंचल’
Here is another pleading for the love to stay for some more time. Rajiv Krishna Saxena दो दिन ठहर जाओ अभी ही तो लदी ही आम की डाली, अभी ही तो बही है गंध मतवाली; अभी ही तो उठी है तान पंचम की, लगी अलि के अधर से फूल की …
Read More »आँगन – धर्मवीर भारती
Here is a poem of Dharamvir Bharti Ji from yesteryears. Social pressure then, much more than now, would prevent the acceptance of affairs of heart. A bride just before her family arranged marriage rituals start, visits her lover for the last time in a quiet aangan for a silent good …
Read More »भर दिया जाम – बालस्वरूप राही
A life of desperation and one hardly sees a point of keep living. But enter love and the things don’t look so bad anymore… Rajiv Krishna Saxena भर दिया जाम भर दिया जाम जब तुमने अपने हाथों से प्रिय! बोलो, मैं इन्कार करूं भी तो कैसे! वैसे तो मैं कब …
Read More »बादलों की रात – रामकुमार चतुर्वेदी ‘चंचल’
A rainy night in a unfamiliar place sorely missing the beloved. Here is an excerpt of a poem by Ram Kumar Chaturvedi describing the feelings. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बादलों की रात फागुनी ठंडी हवा में काँपते तरु–पात गंध की मदिरा पिये है बादलों की रात शाम से ही आज बूँदों …
Read More »बातें – धर्मवीर भारती
Here is Dharamvir Bharati’s description of talks that never end between two new lovers. Dedicated to all lovers on this Valentine ’s Day. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बातें सपनों में डूब–से स्वर में जब तुम कुछ भी कहती हो मन जैसे ताज़े फूलों के झरनों में घुल सा जाता है जैसे …
Read More »अरसे के बाद – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना
Separation from the loved one for a long period of time saps the energy. Life becomes a drab and nothing really cheers you up. Then one fine day the loved one returns. The poem depicts the exhilaration that the woman feels when the heart throb returns and how! Suddenly there …
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