Second year of college. Hindi class. The teacher has asked everyone to write a poem by the next day, as an assignment.
As if that was easy.
I came up with this poem, it was written under compulsion. When I read it now I cringe, it is written in what will be called "sanskrit-nishth" hindi, borrowing too many words from Sanskrit and hence making it a little difficult to understand and I believe that if a poem is to leave a deep impact, it shouldn't be like this!
But then, it is what it is - My first sensible poem!
I did not even give it a title. Could not come up with any. (UN)fortunately, this poem also got published in the college magazine - The Stephanian, under the title - "परिवर्तन". I am grateful to the person who came up with this!
and here it is....
तिमिर घुला
As if that was easy.
I came up with this poem, it was written under compulsion. When I read it now I cringe, it is written in what will be called "sanskrit-nishth" hindi, borrowing too many words from Sanskrit and hence making it a little difficult to understand and I believe that if a poem is to leave a deep impact, it shouldn't be like this!
But then, it is what it is - My first sensible poem!
I did not even give it a title. Could not come up with any. (UN)fortunately, this poem also got published in the college magazine - The Stephanian, under the title - "परिवर्तन". I am grateful to the person who came up with this!
and here it is....
तिमिर घुला
और हुई सुबह
पर व्योम पर वो स्वर्ण फूल नहीं था,
बादलों की सलाखों के पीछे कैद
आज़ादी की चाह लिए
अपने प्रकाश से दुनिया को रोशन करने की अभिलाषा
अपने भीतर समेटे ....
पर दिन कुछ ऐसा ही बीत गया
आसमान जैसे उसकी परतंत्रता शोक मनाता था
मूक ही आंसू बहाता था
हवाएं सांत्वना का भाव लिए,
थपकियाँ देती थी
निराशा!
पर उस योद्धा का संघर्ष भी कहाँ रुकना था?
देवत्व का प्रतिबिम्ब ,
विश्व को तेजोमयी करना उसका संस्कार था.…
यहां हवाओं ने भी उसका साथ दिया,
ज़ंजीरें टूटी , और खुल गया वो द्वार,
स्वतंत्र था वो प्रकाश पुंज
और भर गए प्रकृति में रंग
अपने कर्त्तव्य को पूरा करने का आनंद ही कुछ और था
ये जाना उसने
कि अंधकार का आना
स्वाभाविक तो था
पर उसे अस्त होना था,
सिर्फ फिर से उदित होने के लिए।
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