Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
(Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi—an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. Presently, he is serving as Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad is 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 Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra’s mesmerizing poem “एहसासों की गठरी”. 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 awesome translation.)
Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra
(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division.
एहसासों की गठरी भी
कभी-कभी खुल ही जाती है,
और तब गिरने लगते हैं एहसास
सूखे पत्तों की तरह
जिनकी मौजूदगी, बस, ख़त्म होने को ही है!
कहाँ सूखे पत्तों की ज़िंदगी फिर से
हरी और खूबसूरत हो सकती है?
उन्हें तो खूबसूरती ढूँढनी पड़ती है
बस अपने आखिरी लम्हों में-
कभी वो खुश होते हैं
उनको इतनी रंगीन दहर का हिस्सा बनने का
हसीन मौक़ा मिला,
कभी वो अपने आखिरी पलों का
लुत्फ़ उठाते हैं और बस यूँ ही
बिना किसी बात के मुस्कुरा देते हैं,
और फिर माफ़ करते हुए उन सबको
जिन्होंने उन्हें कभी ग़म दिया हो,
समा जाते हैं मिट्टी में!
कभी टटोलकर देख लेना
अपने एहसासों की गठरी-
और धीरे-धीरे, एक-एक करके
गिराते रहना यह पत्ते-
जब सारे पत्ते एक साथ गिरते हैं ना,
शजर दर्द से तिलमिला उठता है!
☆ Bundle of feelings…☆
Sometimes the bundle of
feelings, bursts open with
an outpour of emotions,
like an incessant fall
of dried leaves,
whose life cycle is
just about to end…!
Can the dried leaves
ever be green again?
Can their life be
beautiful ever again?
As they realise their beauty
in the dying moments
sans anxiety, delightfully
to be part of a sprightly
hued journey,
Ever grateful for the heavenly
fortune they chanced upon…!
Making the world colourful
till their last moments,
As they kept spreading
the happiness smilingly,
with myriad hues of autumn,
without uttering a word,
Forgiving them all,
who gave them pain,
As they merged merrily
in the soil below…!
Keep groping your
Bundle of feelings, too;
And, you too, keep dropping
leaves, one by one, slowly
Coz, when all the leaves
fall together,
The tree itself writhes in
agony, excruciatingly…!
© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
Pune
≈ Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈
