English Literature – Poetry ☆ Unfurling Soul… ☆ 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 Capt. Pravin Raghuvanshi ji’s amazing poem “~ Unfurling Soul… ~”.  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.) 

~ Unfurling Soul… ~

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In the life’s rosy garden, I once felt lost and late,

A bloom delayed, or so it seemed to the fate

But time, a gentle giant, keeps revealing its truth,

That aging, like old wine, brings its tipsy youth

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I was so entwined in others’ expectations’ snare,

A tangled mess of what they thought I’d share

But then I stepped back, ceased the forced pace,

And became the gardener of my own sacred place

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With gentle hands, I kept plucking the weeds of fear,

Pruned doubts that shadowed my soul’s clear mirror

As sunlight poured in, the tranquility began to unfold,

And the petals of growth burst forth, young and bold

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The issue wasn’t growth, but blocks that stood tall,

Fears, doubts, and expectations that would not fall

But once removed, the garden bloomed with glee,

A vibrant display of life enveloped, as all worries flee

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~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM