Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi poem “~ अस्तित्व ~”.  We extend our heartiest thanks to the learned author Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji (who is very well conversant with Hindi, Sanskrit, English and Urdu languages) for this beautiful translation and his artwork.)

श्री संजय भारद्वाज जी की मूल रचना

संजय दृष्टि – अस्तित्व 

पहाड़ की ऊँची चोटियों के बीच

अपने कद को बेहद छोटा पाया,

पलट कर देखा,

काफी नीचे सड़क पर

कुछ बिंदुओं को हिलते डुलते पाया,

ये वही राहगीर थे,

जिन्हें मैं पीछे छोड़ आया था,

ऊँचाई पर हूँ, ऊँचा हूँ,

सोचकर मन भरमाया,

एकाएक चोटियों से साक्षात्कार हुआ,

भीतर और बाहर एकाकार हुआ,

ऊँचाई पर पहुँच कर भी,

छोटापन नहीं छूटा

तो फिर क्या छूटा?

शिखर पर आकर भी

खुद को नहीं जीता

तो फिर क्या जीता?

पर्वतों के साये में,

आसमान के नीचे,

मन बौनापन अनुभव कर रहा था,

पर अब मेरा कद

चोटियों को छू रहा था..!

© संजय भारद्वाज 

☆☆☆☆☆

English Version by – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi

~ Existence… ~ 

In the midst of the skyscraping

mountain peaks

found my stature too short,

Looked back,

down the road

found some points moving,

These were the passers-by

whom I had left behind

on my way up…

I’m at the height, I’m way too high

My ego got inflated…

Suddenly met with the peaks,

Inside and outside merged in unison,

Realisation dawned,

even at the top,

smallness has not gone

Then, what has left?

Even at the peak

I couldn’t even win myself

Then what have I won…?

In the shade of the mountains,

under the sky,

Feeling of dwarfness engulfed me,

But now my height

was touching the summit..!

~Pravin

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media# 140 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 140)

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

☆☆☆☆☆

☆ Fear ☆

☆☆☆

खौफजदा बैठा हुआ है

जंगल का सारा इलाका,

कल किसी ने कह दिया,

कि इंसान आने वाले हैं…!

☆ 

घर लौटते परिंदों में भी आज

एक  बेइंतहा सी बदहवासी है

कटते जंगलों में मेरे घोंसले वाला

दरख़्त सलामत है भी कि नहीं…

☆ ☆

Today the whole forest

is under the grip of fear

Yesterday someone told that

the humans are coming here…!

☆

Even among the birds returning

home, there’s an anxiety if the

Trees having their nests are safe

or chopped off with the trees…!

☆☆☆☆☆

☆ Mirror ☆

☆☆☆

लफ्ज ही होते हैं किसी की

शख्सियत का हक़ीक़ी आईना

शक्ल तो उम्र और हालात के

साथ-साथ बदलती रहती है…!

☆ ☆ 

Words are the true mirror

of one’s real personality…

Appearances keep changing with

the age and circumstances…!

☆☆☆☆☆ 

वहाँ से पानी की इक…

बूँद तलक भी न निकली,

तमाम उम्र जिन आँखों को

झील लिखते रहे हम…!

☆ ☆

Not even a drop of water

came out from there,

The eyes, I kept writing as

the lake, my whole life!

☆☆☆☆☆

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Shri Ashish Mulay

  – “I will meet you…” –  ☆ Shri Ashish Mulay ☆

I see the boundaries

like a cactus sanctuaries

more is the desert dry

more the cactus grows by

Neither you could cross them

nor I could destroy them

they always grow high

through them only time flows by

But I will meet you…

meet you from the sky

when my words will fly high

I take the higher path

where time takes sabbath

When my poems rain

cactuses are in vain

and when I fall from the sky

what desert could keep you dry…

© Shri Ashish Mulay

Sangli 

≈ Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media# 139 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 139)

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

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☆ Language of Silence ☆

☆☆☆

खामोशियों की भी एक

अपनी ज़ुबान होती है

मगर बातें भी सबसे ज्यादा

दो चुप लोगों में होती हैं।

☆ ☆

 Even the silence has its

own expressive language

Most intent talks happen

between two silent people.

☆☆☆☆☆

बिखर गये सब ख्वाब मेरे

बन  के  चुनिंदा अलफ़ाज़…

एहसास तेरा वो हकीक़त बन

मन में यूंही सिमट कर रह गया…

☆ ☆

By turning into few words,

all my dreams got scattered…

Yet your feelings remained

confined in mind, as a reality

 ☆☆☆☆☆

तुमसे  जुड़े  हुए  एहसास

मेरे लिए बहुत खास होते हैं,

क्योंकि उन अहसासो में

हम बिल्कुल तेरे पास होते हैं…

☆ ☆

Feelings linked with you

are very special to me,

Because in those feelings

I’m totally with you only…

☆☆☆☆☆

मैं  तेरे  बाद  कोई

तेरे  जैसा  ढूँढता हूँ,

जो बेवफ़ाई तो  करे

मगर  बेवफ़ा न लगे…

☆ ☆

After you, I look for

someone like you only

Who is unfaithful but

doesn’t look disloyal

☆☆☆☆☆

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi poem “~ सार ~”.  We extend our heartiest thanks to the learned author Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji (who is very well conversant with Hindi, Sanskrit, English and Urdu languages) for this beautiful translation and his artwork.)

श्री संजय भारद्वाज जी की मूल रचना

संजय दृष्टि – सार

कितना अलग है

एक आँख का

कई सपने देखना और

कई आँखों का मिलकर

एक सपना देखना,

माना कि व्याकरण में

एकवचन से

बहुवचन होना विस्तार है

पर जीवन की बारहखड़ी में

बहुवचन को

एकवचन में बदल पाना

संसार का सार है!

© संजय भारद्वाज 

☆☆☆☆☆

English Version by – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi

~ The Essence of Life… ~ 

How different it is

to see many dreams

through one eye

and to see one dream of

many eyes together…

Agreed that there is an

expansion from singular

to plural in grammar,

But in life’s vowels and

consonants of grammar,

converting plural to singular

is the essence of the world..!

~Pravin

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi poem “~ सीढ़ियां ~”.  We extend our heartiest thanks to the learned author Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji (who is very well conversant with Hindi, Sanskrit, English and Urdu languages) for this beautiful translation and his artwork.)

श्री संजय भारद्वाज जी की मूल रचना

संजय दृष्टि – सीढ़ियां –

मोबाइल– 9890122603, संजयउवाच@डाटामेल.भारत, [email protected]

☆☆☆☆☆

English Version by – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi

~ Stairs ~ 

Generations keep

coming and going,

Magical are the 

stairs of age,

As soon as the

next one appears,

vanishes the

previous one…

In the perpetual prospect

of visual ascension,  

the invisible apprehension

of the descent is lost,

When my breath

starts to pant,

there’s fathomless

darkness before me,

I may not have the courage

to raise my feet,

Even the body shuns away

from taking a step forward…

But the hunger and thirst 

camp without absence,

O’ Giver of age! 

Before that happens,

Call me to Your mighty self

Make me climb the

remaining stairs,

adjusting it in the next births,

I’ve lived the life my way,

Let me die my ways only…

Make me extinct before

making me dependent…! 

~Pravin

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media# 138 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 138)

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

☆☆☆☆☆

सुना है बहुत बारिश है

तुम्हारे शहर में,

ज्यादा भीगना मत…

धुल गयी अगर

सारी ग़लतफ़हमियाँ,

तो बहुत याद आएँगे हम..!

☆ ☆

Just heard it’s pouring

a lot in your city

Don’t get wet too much…

else misunderstandings

will get washed away

and you’ll miss me a lot..!

☆☆☆☆☆

 तुमसे कहा था कि हर शाम

हमारा हाल पूछ लिया करो

तुम ही बदल गए हो तो अब

शहर में शाम ही नहीं होती..!

☆ ☆

Told you that every evening

inquire about my well-being

Since you’ve changed now

there’s no evening in my city!

☆☆☆☆☆

☆ I’m Wrong, You’re Right ☆

☆☆☆

किसी से अब उलझने

का मन ही नहीं करता,

तुम सही, मैं गलत में

ही बस बात ख़त्म…!

☆ ☆

I just don’t feel like getting into

argument with anyone anymore…

You are right, I am wrong, that’s it,

and the matter ends there only…!

 ☆☆☆☆☆

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Shri Ashish Mulay

 Poetry 

  – “Don’t blink through” –  ☆ Shri Ashish Mulay ☆

What makes you think

that you are not rich enough

have you ever cared

to see what’s near enough

Have you ever seen

what he has given

have you ever touched

the necklace he has woven

The necklace of constellation

that you don’t care

but it’s mere the stones

that you seek to wear

In forests of jades

he makes rubies blossom

in skies of stars

galaxies smile wholesome

All of this is for you

but oh you, can’t see through

feel his love, that’s for you

life’s short, don’t blink through!

Photo Credit : Archana Nijapkar

© Shri Ashish Mulay

Sangli 

≈ Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media# 137 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 137)

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

☆☆☆☆☆

रहती जड़ता केवल तब तक ही,

जब तक रहे यथास्थिति में समय-काल

सतत श्रम प्रयासों को अपनाने से

होता विकसित युग, पीढ़ी व देशकाल…!

☆ ☆

 The inertia lasts only as long as the

time-period remains in the status quo

Adoption of continuous toilsome efforts,

develops the era, generation and country…!

 ☆☆☆☆☆

कोई  हम  सा  मिले

तो  हमें  बताना…

हम  खुद  आयेंगे

उसे सलाम करने..!

 ☆ ☆

Let  me  know  if  you

meet someone like me…

I  shall  personally

come to salute him..!

 ☆☆☆☆☆

मेरी इबादत तेरे से रूबरू

    होने की मोहताज नहीं,

हम  तो  तेरा  ख़्वाबों  में

    ही  सजदा  कर  लेते  हैं..!

 ☆ ☆ 

My prayer never depends

on your being face to face

I  just  prostrate  before you

in  my  dreams  only..!

 ☆☆☆☆☆

भूलें  हैं  रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता

    मुद्दतों  में उन्हें  हम 

किस्तों में ख़ुदकुशी का  

    मजा कोई हम से पूछे..!

 ☆ ☆

Slowly slowly only in a long

time I  have  forgotten  her

Someone must ask me about

fun of suicide in installments

 ☆☆☆☆☆

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media# 136 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 136)

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

☆☆☆☆☆

☆ Betrayal ☆

हिसाब में कच्चा होना भी

बड़ा दगा दे गया मुझे,

उसने मुझे ज़रा सा चाहा पर मैंने

खुद को पूरा दे दिया उसे…!

☆☆

Weakness in calculations

too betrayed me a lot…

She loved me a bit, but I gave

myself completely to her….!

☆☆☆☆☆

☆ Life ☆

आप आए ज़िंदगी में, कुछ देर

ठहरे और फिर रवाना हो गए,

ज़िंदगी भी क्या है मुसाफिरों का

एक चंदरोज़ा ठिकाना ही तो है…

☆☆

You came into life, stayed

for a while and then left,

What’s life afterall, it’s only

a sojourn for the travelers…!

 ☆☆☆☆☆

Betrayal…
Painting credit: Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi
Medium: Oil colours on Oil paper