English Literature – Poetry ☆ From a Drop to an Ocean… ☆ 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 “~ From a Drop to an Ocean… ~”.  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) and his artwork.) 

~ From a Drop to an Ocean… ~ 

☆ 

I squandered all the riches

of love upon you, my beloved

Until I became a stranger within

the chambers of my own heart

* 

How curious is the covenant

of these fleeting encounters

I never knew when your city

became my only home

 *

I drifted on, wearing the visage of

water, in the melody of stream

Then, with a single leap of the tide,

I became the ocean itself

 *

Love reshaped the very

fabric of my being

I embraced the night, only to

awaken as your dawn

 *

The fire of longing chiseled

me with such grace

That what was once mere stone

emerged as burnished gold

 *

No fetters, no fears remained

no sense of self survived

A nameless prayer once adrift,

Has now become a benediction

 *

This soul was adorned with

such a great resplendence

That like a rose upon the breeze

I became its fragrant essence

 *

I erased every trace of myself,

to be abided wholly in you

Yesterday I was but a drop

Today I am the Ocean itself

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~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM