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 Subedar Pandey’s Hindi poem “~ गौरैया ~”. 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 सुबेदार पांडेय “आत्मानंद” जी की मूल रचना
गौरैया दिवस पर विशेष – गौरैया – 
मेरे घर के मुंडेर पर
गौरैया एक रहती थी
अपनी भाषा मे रोज़ सवेरे
मुझसे वो कुछ कहती थी
चीं चीं चूं चूं करती वो
रोज़ माँगती दाना-पानी
गौरैया को देख मुझे
आती बचपन की याद सुहानी…
नील गगन से झुंडों में
वो आती थी पंख पसारे
कभी फुदकती आँगन आँगन,
कभी फुदकती द्वारे द्वारे
उनका रोज़ देख फुदकना,
मुझको देता सुकूँ रूहानी
गौरैया को देख मुझे
आती बचपन की याद सुहानी…
चावल के दाने अपनी चोंचों में
बीन बीन ले जाती थी
बैठ घोसलें के भीतर वो
बच्चों की भूख मिटाती थी
सुनते ही चिड़िया की आहट
बच्चे खुशियों से चिल्लाते थे
माँ की ममता, दाने पाकर
बच्चे निहाल हो जाते थे
गौरैया का निश्छल प्रेम देख
आँखे मेरी भर आती थी
जाने अनजाने माँ की मूरत
आँखों मे मेरी, समाती थी
माँ की यादों ने उस दिन
खूब मुझे रुलाया था।
उस अबोध नन्ही चिड़िया ने
मुझे प्रेम-पाठ पढ़ाया था
नहीं प्रेम की कोई कीमत
और नहीं कुछ पाना है
सब कुछ अपना लुटा लुटाकर
इस दुनिया से जाना है
प्रेम में जीना, प्रेम में मरना
प्रेम में ही मिट जाना है,
ढाई आखर प्रेम का मतलब
मैंने गौरैया से ही जाना है!
© सुबेदार पांडेय “आत्मानंद”
संपर्क – ग्राम जमसार, सिंधोरा बाज़ार, वाराणसी – 221208, मोबा—6387407266
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English Version by – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi
~ Sparrow…~
At the parapet of my house
There used to live a sparrow
Everyday in morning, she’d tell
me something in her language
Chirping ‘chee-chee’ ‘choo-choo’
would she demand food grains
Looking at the lovely sparrow
I’d remember my childhood…
With her flock, she would
descend from the blue sky
Sometimes jumping in patio
Sometimes hopping in yard
Seeing her flitter every day
Would give me spiritual bliss
Looking at the lovely sparrow
I’d remember my childhood…
Picking rice grains in her beak
She would take them away
Feeding her chics in the nest
Erasing their insatiable hunger
The chics would rejoice always
Waiting eagerly for mother’s arrival
With food and her endearment
Chics would exhilarate madly…
Seeing the sparrow’s selfless love
Would make my eyes moist
Unknowingly my mother’s idol
would emerge in glistened eyes
Mother’s memories that day
Made me cry inconsolably
That innocent little bird
Taught me the lesson of love
Love is priceless, says adage
There’s more to gain; Coz
Everything is to be left behind
While going from this world…
Live in love, die in love
Fade in love, is all I learnt
True meaning of selfless love
I learnt from the sparrow only!
~Pravin
English translation: Pravin Raghuvanshi
Original Hindi: Subedar Pandey “Atmanand”
© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
≈ Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈
