English Literature – Poetry ☆ Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 34 ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 34 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 34) ☆ 

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. He 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’.

Captain Raghuvanshi is also a littérateur par excellence. He is a prolific writer, poet and ‘Shayar’ himself and participates in literature fests and ‘Mushayaras’. He keeps participating in various language & literature fests, symposiums and workshops etc. Recently, he played an active role in the ‘International Hindi Conference’ at New Delhi.  He presided over the “Session Focused on Language and Translation” and also presented a research paper.  The conference was organized by Delhi University in collaboration with New York University and Columbia University.

हिंदी साहित्य – आलेख ☆ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी सम्मेलन ☆ कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

In his naval career, he was qualified to command all types of warships. He is also an aviator and a Sea Diver; and recipient of various awards including ‘Nao Sena Medal’ by the President of India, Prime Minister Award and C-in-C Commendation.

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi is also an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.

His latest quest involves social media, which is filled with rich anonymous literature of nameless writers, shared on different platforms, like,  WhatsApp / Facebook / Twitter / Your quotes / Instagram etc in Hindi and Urdu, he has taken the mantle of translating them as a mission for the enjoyment of the global readers. Enjoy some of the Urdu poetry couplets as translated by him.

☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of  Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 34☆

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वो एक अक्स जो पल

भर नज़रों में ठहरा था

तमाम उम्र का इक अब

सिलसिला  है  मेरे  लिए…

 

Image  that  was  held  for

a  moment  in  the  sight…

Now that only has become a

perpetual matter for the life!

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ना गिला किया, ना खफा हुए,

यूँ ही  रास्ते  में  जुदा  हुए

ना तू बेवफ़ा, ना मै बेवफ़ा,

जो गुजर गया, सो गुजर गया..!

 

Neither fussed nor got angry,

Parted in way just like that

Neither of us is unfaithful

Let  bygone  be  bygone..!

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

बीती जाती है ज़िन्दगी ये

ढूँढने में कि ढूँढना क्या है…

जबकि मालूम ये भी नहीं,

कि जो है, उसका क्या करें

 

Life keeps on going in finding

what’s  there  to  find,  while

it’s  not  even  known  what

to do with what we have got

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हर रोज चुपके से…

निकल आते हैं नये पत्ते,

ख्वाहिशोंके दरख्तों में

क्यों पतझड़ नहीं होते…

 

Sneakingly  everyday

New leaves  shoot up,

Why isn’t there any autumn

In  the  trees  of desires

 

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Pune

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈




English Literature – Poetry ☆ My war for peace ☆ Ms. Sulakshana Misra

Ms. Sulakshana Misra

☆ Poetry – My war for peace ☆

I am at war

With my own thoughts.

I have, goals to achieve

And feats to accomplish.

If ever, I am to achieve

My ultimate inner peace.

I have to prove my mettle

Before I go to final sleep.

The mental agony is

Too much to handle.

My thoughts are

Always at battle.

My limits are pushed

And new avenues are created.

My thirst for glory

Is too hard to quench.

I must win my war

To get my inner peace

Or else, for my life

Just sit idle and repent.

 

© Sulakshana Misra

Contact – 5/241, Viram Khand, Gomtinagar, Lucknow-226010

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English Literature – Poetry (भावानुवाद) ☆ एहसासों की गठरी/Bundle of feelings… – Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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  

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 ≈




English Literature – Poetry ☆ Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 33 ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 33 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 33) ☆ 

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. He 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’.

Captain Raghuvanshi is also a littérateur par excellence. He is a prolific writer, poet and ‘Shayar’ himself and participates in literature fests and ‘Mushayaras’. He keeps participating in various language & literature fests, symposiums and workshops etc. Recently, he played an active role in the ‘International Hindi Conference’ at New Delhi.  He presided over the “Session Focused on Language and Translation” and also presented a research paper.  The conference was organized by Delhi University in collaboration with New York University and Columbia University.

हिंदी साहित्य – आलेख ☆ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी सम्मेलन ☆ कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

In his naval career, he was qualified to command all types of warships. He is also an aviator and a Sea Diver; and recipient of various awards including ‘Nao Sena Medal’ by the President of India, Prime Minister Award and C-in-C Commendation.

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi is also an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.

His latest quest involves social media, which is filled with rich anonymous literature of nameless writers, shared on different platforms, like,  WhatsApp / Facebook / Twitter / Your quotes / Instagram etc in Hindi and Urdu, he has taken the mantle of translating them as a mission for the enjoyment of the global readers. Enjoy some of the Urdu poetry couplets as translated by him.

☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of  Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 33☆

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लोग लम्हों में ही

ज़िंदा  रहते  हैं

वक़्त अकेला सिर्फ

इसी  सबब  से  है…!

 

People  live  mere

in the   moments

Time is aloof due

to this reason only…!

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रिश्तों  का  नूर  तो

मासूमियत  से  है…

ज़्यादा समझदारियों से…

रिश्ते  फ़ीके पड़ने लगते हैं…

 

Effulgence of relationships

resides just in innocence

Relationships begin to fade

with excess of wiseness!

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सर  पर  ताज  रखते  ही,

दुश्मन तो मिल ही जायेंगे

पहले  दोस्त  तो  ढूँढ़  लूँ,

लिबास पहनकर फकीरी का..!

 

Inevitably many enemies will

be found with the coronation,

Let me first find the friends

donning the garb of a fakir..!

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अक्सर  वही  दीये

हाथों को जला देते हैं,

जिन्हें  हम  हवा  से

बचा  रहे  होते  हैं..!

 

Often,  the  same lamps

only  burn  the  hands,

whom we keep protecting

from  the  gust  of  wind!

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Pune

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈




English Literature – Poetry (भावानुवाद) ☆ चाँदनी…/Enchanting Moon… – Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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  “चाँदनी”.  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.

☆ चाँदनी… ☆

आसमान की चादर पर चांदनी

मस्त हो, इतरा रही थी,

उसकी ग़ज़ब सी नज़ाकत थी,

एक पाँव भी आगे बढ़ाती

तो हवा पायल बन खनक उठती,

और उसकी मुस्कान पर तो

सेंकडों लोग फ़िदा थे –

उनमें से एक उसका आशिक़

बेपरवाह समंदर भी था!

 

समंदर ने उससे कहा,

“बहुत मुहब्बत करता हूँ तुमसे!”

और वो चांदनी इठलाती हुई

उसकी आगोश में समा गयी!

 

चांदनी तो

यह भी न समझ पायी

कि उसका रूप ही बदल गया है

और वो हो गयी है क़ैद

समंदर के घेरे में…

वो तो उसे एक हसीं मकाँ समझ

खुश रहती!

 

यह तो उसने कई दिनों बाद जाना

कि शांत सा समंदर

दिखता कुछ और था

पर उसके मन में कुछ और था;

उसके मन के ऊफ़ान को देख,

और उसका यह बनावटी पहलू देख,

आज़ादी को तरसने लगी!

 

आज मैंने देर रात को देखा

वो करवा चौथ के दिन

पहुँच गयी थी वापस आसमान में

और फिर मुसकुरा रही थी!

 

☆ Enchanting Moon… 

Spirited moonlight,

in the lap of sky

Kept swaying galore!

Amazingly rollicking gait,

Even the swinging

movement of steps

Would make the wind blow like tinkling of sprightly anklets…

 

On her smile

were hundreds of

smitten people floored

and willing to die for…

Of which, one was,

the careless sea,

an ardent lover!

 

The sea told her,

I’m in love with you

and can’t live without you!”

And, the moonlight

flauntingly merged

into the hug of the sea…

 

Innocent moonlight,

Could not even understand

That her form has changed

And, she has been imprisoned

In the precincts of the sea…

Considering it

as her sweet home

She would remain happy!

 

But soon, she learnt

after a few days

That, apparently,

quiet looking sea

was something

else in reality;

She was petrified

To see the fury of

storms in his mind,

And, the conceited

artificiality of appearance,

She began to crave

for her freedom!

 

Today, I saw her again

late at night on the

day of Karva Chauth*

She had reached back

up in the sky

glowing with her

ever enchanting smile!

 

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Pune

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मराठी साहित्य – काव्यानंद ☆ माहेर…..ग. दि. माडगुळकर ☆ श्री सुहास रघुनाथ पंडित

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☆ काव्यानंद ☆ माहेर…..ग. दि. माडगुळकर ☆ श्री सुहास रघुनाथ पंडित ☆ 

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शाळेतील विज्ञानाचा किंवा भूगोलाचा तास आठवतो का? मग जलचक्रही आठवत असेल. पाण्याची वाफ होऊन पाऊस पडणे आणि हाच क्रम पुनः पुन्हा होत रहाणे म्हणजे जलचक्र. आठवतंय ना? पण हे असं रूक्ष भाषेत समजावून सांगण्यापेक्षा थोड्या अलंकारीक, काव्यात्मक भाषेत सांगितलं तर? विज्ञान आणि तेही काव्यातून ? कठीण वाटतं ना ? पण जो कल्पना विश्वावर राज्य करीत होता आणि शब्द ज्याला मुजरा करीत होते असा एक महाकवी या महाराष्ट्रात होऊन गेला.त्याचं नांव गजानन दिगंबर माडगूळकर म्हणजेच आपले गदिमा ! त्यांनी हा चमत्कार करून दाखवला आहे. हा चमत्कार म्हणजेच आजची त्यांची ‘माहेर’ ही कविता अर्थात ‘नदी सागरा मिळता’.

नदी पर्वतातून उगम पाऊन वाहत येते व शेवटी सागराला जाऊन मिळते. त्यामुळे  पर्वत, डोंगर हे तिचे माहेर. ज्याला सर्वस्व अर्पण केले तो सागर तिचा पती. तेच तिचे सासर.ती काही तेथून परत येऊ शकत नाही. म्हणजे तिचे माहेर कायमचे तुटलेच असे म्हणावे लागते. पण हे झाले तुमच्या आमच्या सामान्य लोकांसाठी.कवीची दृष्टी एवढी मर्यादीत असत नाही. शब्दांचे पंख लेऊन कल्पनेच्या विश्वात रसिकांना घेऊन जातो तोच खरा कवी. त्यामुळे नदीचे माहेर तुटले हेच कविला मान्य नाही. कवी काय म्हणतो पहा.

सागर नदीचे अवघे जीवन पोटात घेतो पण नदीला मात्र तिच्या पित्याची, डोंगराची आठवण येत असतेच. कसे भेटावे त्याला ? कसे जावे माहेराला ?

माहेरच्या  भेटीची ओढ पूर्ण करण्यासाठी मग ती वाफेचे रूप घेते. वार्याचे पंख लावते आणि मेघांच्या ओंजळीतून पावसाची सर बनून डोंगराच्या पोटी जन्म घेते. वाळे वाजवत वाजवत पुन्हा अवखळ पणे वाहू लागते.शेवटी परत सागराला येऊन मिळते आणि कवीचे जलचक्र पूर्ण होते.

नदी ,डोंगर,सागर……

स्त्री,  माहेर,सासर.

एक रूपकात्मक काव्य. स्त्री सासराशी एकरूप झाली  तरी माहेर कसं विसरेल ? माहेरी जाण्याची दुर्दम्य इच्छाशक्ती तिला माहेरी घेऊन जातेच. अगदी नदीप्रमाणे.आणि चार दिवस माहेरपण करून आल्यावर आपोआप सासरची वाट धरते. नदीप्रमाणेच. वर्षानुवर्षे हेच चालत आलय. जीवन चक्र आणि जलचक्रही. खरंच आहे. जीवन म्हणजेच जल ना ?

‘सारे जीवन  नदीचे घेतो पोटात सागर’

या ओळीत कविला जीवन म्हणजे आयुष्य आणि नदीचे पाणी अशा दोन्ही अर्थानी तर हा शब्द वापरायचा नसेल ना असे वाटते.

वार्याचे पंख लावून नदी तरंगत तरंगत डोंगराकडे जाते.अगदी तसच, माहेरच्या वाटेवर असतानाच स्त्री मनाला पंख लावून केव्हाच माहेरी पोहोचलेली असते.

कवी म्हणतो, नदी माहेरी जाते, म्हणून जग चालते. माहेरपणाच्या उर्जेवर स्त्री सासरी पुन्हा रमून जाते,असं कविला सुचवायच आहे,असं वाटतं.

असं हे जलचक्र!काव्यानंद देता देता विज्ञान सांगणारे ,गदिमां च्या प्रतिभेचा साक्षात्कार घडवणारे .

खरंच, जेथे गदिमा तेथे प्रतिभा.!

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English Literature – Poetry ☆ Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 32 ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 32 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 32) ☆ 

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. He 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’.

Captain Raghuvanshi is also a littérateur par excellence. He is a prolific writer, poet and ‘Shayar’ himself and participates in literature fests and ‘Mushayaras’. He keeps participating in various language & literature fests, symposiums and workshops etc. Recently, he played an active role in the ‘International Hindi Conference’ at New Delhi.  He presided over the “Session Focused on Language and Translation” and also presented a research paper.  The conference was organized by Delhi University in collaboration with New York University and Columbia University.

हिंदी साहित्य – आलेख ☆ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी सम्मेलन ☆ कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

In his naval career, he was qualified to command all types of warships. He is also an aviator and a Sea Diver; and recipient of various awards including ‘Nao Sena Medal’ by the President of India, Prime Minister Award and C-in-C Commendation.

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi is also an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.

His latest quest involves social media, which is filled with rich anonymous literature of nameless writers, shared on different platforms, like,  WhatsApp / Facebook / Twitter / Your quotes / Instagram etc in Hindi and Urdu, he has taken the mantle of translating them as a mission for the enjoyment of the global readers. Enjoy some of the Urdu poetry couplets as translated by him.

☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of  Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 32☆

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शाम  ख़ामोश  है,

पेड़ों  पे  उजाला  कम  है ..

लौट  आए  हैं  सभी,

पर  एक  परिंदा  कम  है।

 

Evening is somberly silent,

Light is also less on trees

All have returned, but one

Bird  is  less  in  the  flock!

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मुख़्तसर  सा  गुरूर  भी

ज़रूरी  है  जीने  के  लिए

ज़्यादा झुक के मिलो तो दुनिया

पीठ को पायदान बना लेती है

 

Little  bit  of  ego  is

also a must to survive…

If you bend too much,

World makes you a pedestal

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जो बात…

पी गया था मैं,

वो बात ही…

खा गई मुझे…!

 

Whatever matter

I had digested,

That matter only

consumed  me…

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जब भी तुम मुझे ढूँढना

चाहो, तो  सुन  लो…

मेरी  पसंदीदा  जगहों में,

एक  तुम्हारा  दिल  है…

 

Listen, whenever you’re

desirous of finding me …

Among my most favorite

places, one is your heart..!

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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Pune

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈




English Literature – Poetry ☆ Her sole universe ☆ Ms. Sulakshana Misra

Ms. Sulakshana Misra

☆ Poetry – Her sole universe ☆

As she stood alone

In the lonely world of her own

She looked up at the sky

There was a sparkling twinkle in her eyes.

She wanted to reach out to the moon

She wanted to grow up too soon.

She was told that her mother was a star

Sparkling up in heaven’s altar.

She felt a strong connection

To the stars, moon, and heaven.

She carried an abyss of emotions

Her thoughts were hard to fathom.

She was as tiny as a particle

Lost in the vastness of the universe.

Since the loss of her mother

She forgot to dance and giggle.

Now the only thing that could

Make her chuckle

Was an old pic of her mother

To her, that was her sole universe.

 

© Sulakshana Misra

Contact – 5/241, Viram Khand, Gomtinagar, Lucknow-226010

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English Literature ☆ Weekly Column – Abhivyakti # 26 ☆ Barricades ….. ☆ Hemant Bawankar

Hemant Bawankar

(All of the literature written by me was for self satisfaction. Today, I present my contemporary poem ‘Barricades …..’. .))

☆ Weekly Column – Abhivyakti # 26 

☆  Barricades ….. ☆

Barricades are erected on the road of life.

Experienced senior guards are vigilant

to regulate the speed of life

 

Sometimes some vehicles break

barricades and signals.

Sometimes someone bounces

stones of insensitivity

to spoil the non-violent atmosphere.

Then – power and forces are applied;

the lawmaker is bigger than persuader.

 

Why did you erect

so many barricades of

caste, religion, and sect.

Some barricades were erected

in our mind by us.

Some barricades were erected

by benefactors and you.

Often, we become puppets.

Then challans of negativity

are kept cut lifelong.

 

Hopefully!

You can remove barricades to see across

A positive life

A new dawn

A new sunrise.

 

© Hemant Bawankar

Pune

 




English Literature – Poetry ☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of  Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 32 ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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 Classical Sher.  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.)

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.

☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of  Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 32☆

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तितली सी फितरत है मेरी

रंग  मेरे  ज़ेहन में  बसते  हैं

बिना वजह खुश हो लेती हूँ

मस्त  मौला  रस्ते  हैं  मेरे …!

I have the nature of butterfly

Myriad colours reside in me

Always happy without reason

Carefree living is way of life!

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खड़ी  हूँ  मैं  ये  कहाँ

जाने कौन सा मुक़ाम है…

ऐ  मौला!  तू  दे  रहा ये

जाने  क्या  पैग़ाम  है…

Not aware where am I now

and, which is  this sojourn…

O, Lord! Knoweth not what

missive  are  you  giving…!

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लवाक़ सी बात पर अक़्सर

बिखर जाया करते हैं रिश्ते

लाख कोशिश कर लो फिर

भी नहीं निखर पाते हैं रिश्ते

Relations often disintegrate

on  slightest  of  ego  clash

Try  even  a  million  times

They never flourish as before

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किसी और से क्या रब्त बढ़ाऊँ

आजकल रिश्ता है सिर्फ खुदा से

जब से वास्ता जुड़ा है रब से

दोस्त भी लगते हैं जुदा-जुदा से

What to bond with someone

Nowadays it’s only with God

Since this relationship grew

Friends also look strangers

 

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रब्त का मैं शिकवा कर बैठा

हाय कितना अकेला था मैं…

ग़ुरूर को अपने जब मिटा दिया

संग-संग साथियों का मेला था!

Kept complaining of company

Alas! How lonely was I afore

Moment I wiped out conceit

Had big gathering of friends

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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Pune

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈