"sangeet" poems
**On 2nd Dec 1984
Occurred
World’s worst industrial disaster,
“The Bhopal gas tragedy”
Leaving thousands dead,
Children orphaned and many people with disabilities for life.
Following day,
Cries of help were heard
Amongst the dead,
Lay few children alive
Shone bright, a ray of hope,
Miraculously the deadly effects
Of the gas they could cope.
Taken under the caring wings of an NGO,
With Medical aid administered
And the vital support to grow.
Amongst the children
There was a girl named Ganga
And a boy named Ravi,
together with other such children,
they grew up,
Finding solace in each other’s
Company.
When reached teenage,
the girls had to be moved in a women’s hostel.
Distanced made them closer to each other,
And, the love grew stronger.
Ganga always dreamt of riding pillion on a bike with Ravi .
Ravi, the crazy boy,
sold his house (compensation by govt.)
And fulfilled her desire,
Often they went for long rides.
In the following years,
The love bloomed,
And
With blessings and love,
their marriage was solemnised
By the NGO.
All the women from the hostel
Joined the wedding ceremony,
Bollywood songs were played loudly,
The Haldi, Sangeet and Mehendi
ceremony made it more lively
On the wedding day,
Ganga attired in traditional weaves
And bridal make up,
A beautiful bride she looked
The hostel warden and her spouse
did her “Kanyadan”.
Fortunate was I to bear
the testimony of the union,
As I stayed in the working women’s hostel then.
Ganga moved in to her house
with Ravi to welcome a life anew.**
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017 at 12:28 AM UTC
HAJARO NADIA BAHATI
VASHUDHA KI CHHATI PAR
NALE BHI PUJATI
BHAGIRATHI KI MATI PAR
BHAGIRATH KE ANURODH SE, BRAMHA KE VARADAN ME NIKALI MAA SURYA VANSH KO TARANE. BAHATI THI KABHI MAND SANGEET ME RUKI HUI HAI AB KIS PIR ME.
Jun 26, 2014
Jun 26, 2014 at 6:00 AM UTC
Raat se raat tak
Raah me ek raag ...
Liye mein chala
Chalne Laga..yeh mann
najane kis dar me ...
Hichkole khata...
Khafa khafa sa khud se...
Parvato me dooba...
Ek Nadi Ko dekhta...parvat ke shikar par...
Phir ...haste haste...aur unchaiyaan dekhne Laga...
Khwaab e Nasha...
Sangeet me dooba...
Toh thodi Rahat si Mili...
.
..
Dec 10, 2017
Dec 10, 2017 at 4:48 PM UTC
Safar Safar kar raha hu
Bin tere kyo jee raha hu
Raaz e dard
Mehkhane aur sangeet ki leher
Dhun e ishq
Nazar e andaaz e nadaan...
...
Dec 29, 2017
Dec 29, 2017 at 7:21 AM UTC
A white cloak of a shy anecdote
A shy remembrance of a serene quote
Quoted some moments ago-
Of coquette and sensual bliss,
An innocence matted with a fresh breeze.
Those eyes could never lie;
With sand heaving down on her *******
Her heart weeps for a caress
But all she gets is a rebuke:
Blending the imbroglio to deeper depths.
Late though it was; came by-
A hope; an outline of somber reversed,
Pristine of thought and complete with chivalry
A distinct epitah of orchids mellowed,
And a fragrance of an unkempt prose.
The moments of those transient powerlessness;
The time when she felt weak at her knees;
She was somebody’s love then,
Somebody’s queen she was
Such was the power of love.
Her heart at last sang her sangeet,
Shahnias and santoors draped her bond amused,
Trousseau she had was all beautiful,
For the first time; she had not been shy;
Her love was now somebody’s prayer.
-by Sauvik Dey.
Jul 30, 2017
Jul 30, 2017 at 6:27 AM UTC
This is a simple translation of Tagore’s Rabindra Sangeet : ‘’Akash bhora, surjo tara,’’ from his ‘Gitobitan’ – ‘Book of Songs’. Translating Tagore word by word though possible, is not advisable, because it breaks the poetic rhythm & melody of his verse! Therefore, the basic essence & meaning of his song I tried to capture along with its philosophical & inner content. Tagore, our universal poet & Noble Laureate, belonged to the reformist ‘Brahmo Samaj’, which believed in the worship of an eternal and a single formless Divine spirit which pervades the entire Universe! English poet William Wordsworth had also shared this view in many of his poems. -Raj Nandy, New Delhi
SKY FULL OF SUN AND THE
GLITTERING STARS !
The sky is full of sun and starlight.
The entire cosmos is pulsating with life.
Within this glorious vast expanse I found
my place,
Making me to burst forth into song in
wonder and amazement of this
marvelous sight!
This world swings in the lap of time, with
its eternal ebb and flow.
And I feel in my veins its pulsation and
beating rhythm,
As in wonder and praise my words begin
to flow!
I have walked barefoot on the grass,
While traveling through the forest path.
Startled by the fragrance of flowers,
Which gladdened my beating heart!
The song of happiness pervades all around,
And with merriment it me surrounds!
With eagerness to hear, and with eyes opened wide,
I have poured myself in the flowing river of Life.
As I sought to seek the unknown, which lies hidden
within the known, **
And which has so far eluded my sight!
This outpouring of my song in wonder and
admiration I have put to verse.
For having found my habitat and abode,
Amidst the sun and the glittering stars of this
Universe!
-Translation by Raj Nandy.
20 June 2020
NOTE: **Here we find Tagore’s mysticism which takes us on a Spiritual quest to seek the infinite in the midst of the finite; unity at the heart of all diversity; and the Divine in all beings and things of the universe! This theme recurs in Tagore’s other poems also.
Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020 at 1:41 AM UTC