English Literature – Poetry – ☆ Hypocrisy ☆ – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
(We are extremely thankful to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for sharing his literary and artworks with e-abhivyakti. An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Capt. Pravin has served the country at national as well international level in various fronts. Presently, working as Senior Advisor, C-DAC in Artificial Intelligence and HPC Group; and involved in various national-level projects.
We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi Poetry “पाखण्ड ” published in today’s edition as ☆ संजय दृष्टि – पाखण्ड ☆ We extend our heartiest thanks to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for this beautiful translation.)
☆ Hypocrisy* ☆
Surrounded by the
crowd of masks
I’m perplexingly
standing as a question,
Will I ever reach or not
the real face…
Under the mask of friendship,
hiding the impious enmity…
Under the garb of cordiality
soaring with rancour,
Under the elixir of words
hiding the vicious poison,
Why does human,
fueled by jealousy,
don the masks?
Keeps the split personalities…
The time he spends in
creating and wearing masks,
That many moments of life
he loses in vain,
Wickedness in every breath
pollutes the very existence…
Friends! Keep the life
pure as Ganges water,
What is there in the hypocrisy…?
© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM