Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 28 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 29) ☆ 

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# 29☆

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तेरे ख्याल से खुद को

छुपाकर भी देखा  है,

दिल-ओ-नजर  को भी

रुला कर के देखा  है…

 

तेरी कसम, गर तू नहीं

तो  कुछ  भी  नहीं,

मैंने कुछ  पल  तुझे

भुला कर भी देखा है…

 

I’ve tried myself hiding

 from your thoughts,

I have even made the

eyes and the heart cry…

 

I have even tried forgetting

you  for  few moments…

I swear, there is nothing

if  you  are  not there…!

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

गर  मैं  लब  हूँ, तो

तुम  मेरी  बात  हो,

मेरा वज़ूद भी तब  है,

जब तुम मेरे साथ हो…

 

If  I am  lips, then

You’re  my  words,

My existence is only,

when you are with me…

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ 

ख़्वाब में भी देर तलक

जागा  किए  हम…

नींद ख़ुद भी एक किरदार थी

हमारी  उस  नींद  में…

 

Remained  awake  till

late even in the dream

Sleep  itself  was  a

character in that sleep…

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

© 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. Nirdesh Nidhi’s  Classical Poem हथेलियाँ  with title  “My Palms” .  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.)

आपसे अनुरोध है कि आप इस रचना को हिंदी और अंग्रेज़ी में  आत्मसात करें। इस कविता को अपने प्रबुद्ध मित्र पाठकों को पढ़ने के लिए प्रेरित करें और उनकी प्रतिक्रिया से  इस कविता की मूल लेखिका सुश्री निर्देश निधि जी एवं अनुवादक कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी को अवश्य अवगत कराएँ.

सुश्री निर्देश निधि

 ☆ हथेलियाँ ☆ 

मेरी हथेलियाँ थीं रीति

जैसे होता है रीता कोई कच्चा कोरा कुम्भ

 

कसते ही तुम्हारी हथेली मेरी उन रीती हथेलियों में

खो गयी थीं सब रिक्तियाँ यूँ

जैसे सुरमई बादलों में खो जाती हैं बिजलियाँ

 

भर गई थीं हथेलियों की सब रिक्तियाँ 

जैसे भर जाते हैं प्यासी धरती के सारे गड्ढे बरसात के अमृत से

 

मेरी हथेलियाँ थीं कोरी

जैसे होता है सफ़ेद कोरा मारकीन

 

कसते ही तुम्हारी हथेली मेरी हथेलियों में 

मेरी रंगरहित हथेलियों पर चढ़ गया था गुलाबी रंग

जैसे चढ़ा दे रंगरेज कोई

प्रेयसी के रंगरहित कोरे दुपट्टे पर अपनी चाहतों के बूटे 

 

बड़ा फबा था बरसों – बरस वह गुलाबी रंग

मेरी रंगरहित, रिक्त हथेलियों पर

 

आज भी मेरी हथेलियों से

कपोलों तक का सफ़र करता है निर्बाध 

तुम्हारी क्षणिक छुअन का छोड़ा वह नरम गुलाबी रंग

 

मेरी हथेलियाँ थीं गंध रहित

जैसे होता है निर्गंध फूल केसुडे का

तुम्हारी हथेली की गंध का इत्र

आज भी महकाता है मेरी निर्गंध हथेलियाँ

 

उदास थीं बहुत मेरी हथेलियाँ

जैसे उदास रहती है रात्रि भर प्रियतम के बिना चकवी

मचल उठी थी एक विरल मुस्कान उन पर

तुम्हारी हथेली आते ही मेरी हथेलियों में

 

सुनो

तबसे अब तक नदियों के बीच बह गया है अगाध जल

सुबह दोपहर साँझ को लाद – लाद अपनी पीठ पर

सूरज लगा चुका है अनगिन चक्कर

अब रिसने लगा है अमृत पल – पल

रीतने लगी हैं हथेलियाँ फिर

कुछ – कुछ हल्का पड़ने लगा है

मेरी हथेलियों पर छपा गुलाबी रंग

 

अब कुछ कम महकता है तुम्हारा इत्र मेरी हथेलियों में

और उनकी मुस्कान चाहती है पुनर्जीवन

 

© निर्देश निधि

संपर्क – निर्देश निधि , द्वारा – डॉ प्रमोद निधि , विद्या भवन , कचहरी रोड , बुलंदशहर , (उप्र) पिन – 203001

ईमेल – [email protected]

 

☆ My Palms☆

My palms were empty like

a raw hollow earthen pot…

As soon as your palms clasped my palms

All the emptiness vanished

Just as the lightning gets lost in the dark clouds…

 

All the gaps of the palms

were filled like all the pits-n-ponds of the

thirsty earth get

filled with the nectarly

water of the rain…

 

My palms were blank

As blank as a

spotless white paper

But, my colourless palms

tightly clasped in your

palms turned pink

like someone dyed

the choicest dupatta

of his beloved

with the rainbow

hues of the wishes…

 

It was a perfectly matched

pink colour after ages,

on my spotless, empty palms…

 

Even now, my palms

Sneak past my cheeks

repeatedly, ceaselessly

making them blush with the

soft pink colour left

by your momentary but brief touch…

 

My palms were odourless

like Kesuda flower

Even today fragrance of

your palms makes my palms

enchantingly fragrant…

 

My palms were so

full of gloom

like a Chakva,*

the bird of solitude,

remained sad

without the company

of her beloved…

But, they got

enlivened with the

ever joyful smile

Soon as your palms came into my palms…

 

Listen!

Since then,

a lot of water has flowed

under the bridge

Sun has done  countless

rounds around the earth,

carrying the morning-noon -evening  on its back…

The elixir is draining

out  drip  by  drip

moment by moment

Palms have started

getting empty again

Even, your pink colour

imprint etched on palms

has started to fade…

Now, your fragrance has

subdued  in my palms

As, they are losing their

smile and ebullience

They desperately need

a refill to revive again as

they long for your heavenly

touch with all its warmth..!

 

*Kesuda flower

Butea monosperma, the jungle fire flower, which brightly red but bereft of any fragrance…

*Chakva bird

A waterfowl famous for being separated from its pair at night…

*Dupatta

A long piece of cloth worn around the head, neck, and shoulders by women

 

© Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuanshi, NM (Retd),

Pune

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – 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 Late Kedarnath Singh’s  Classical Poem यह पृथ्वी रहेगी  with title  “Earth will be there… ” .  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.)

स्व केदारनाथ सिंह 

☆ यह पृथ्वी रहेगी ☆   

मुझे विश्वास है

यह पृथ्वी रहेगी

यदि और कहीं नहीं तो मेरी हड्डियों में

यह रहेगी जैसे पेड़ के तने में

रहते हैं दीमक

जैसे दाने में रह लेता है घुन

यह रहेगी प्रलय के बाद भी मेरे अंदर

यदि और कहीं नहीं तो मेरी जबान

 

और मेरी नश्वरता में

यह रहेगी

और एक सुबह मैं उठूँगा

मैं उठूँगा पृथ्वी-समेत

जल और कच्छप-समेत मैं उठूँगा

मैं उठूँगा और चल दूँगा उससे मिलने

जिससे वादा है

कि मिलूँगा।

  ☆ Earth will be there… ☆

 I do believe this earth,

if nowhere else,

will remain in my bones

Like termites living

in a tree trunk

Like weevils living in grain

It will remain inside me

even after the holocaust…

If nowhere else

It’ll live in my tongue

and in my mortality…!

 

And, one fine morning,

I will wake up

with the earth

And rise up with the

water and turtle

I’ll get up and walk

to meet him

whom I have

promised to meet!

 

© Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuanshi, NM (Retd),

Pune

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

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 28 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 28) ☆ 

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# 28☆

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ज़रूरी नहीं तोड़ने के लिए,          

हमेशा पत्थर ही  मारा जाए,                           

लहज़ा  बदलने  से  भी,             

बहुत  कुछ  टूट  जाता है…

 

It’s not always necessary to

stone  something  to  break

Even by  changing the  tone,

Lots  of  things  get broken…!

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लोगों ने एक ज़र्रे  को

आफ़ताब बनते  देखा

और हम तो बस आपके

नूर को ही देखते रह गए…

 

Everyone kept watching a

granule  turning into  Sun

And I  just kept looking

at  your  resplendence…

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

आइना देख कर कुछ

खुद को तसल्ली हुई,

खुदगर्जी के ज़माने में

कोई तो जानता है हमें..

 

Looking into the mirror,

Felt  somewhat  relieved,

In  the  era  of selfishness,

At least someone knows me

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

कुछ  रहम  कर, ऐ जिंदगी

थोड़ा  संवर  तो  जाने  दे…

तेरा अगला जख्म भी सह लेंगे,

पर पहले वाला तो भर जाने दे

 

Have some mercy, O’ life!

Let me get recovered a bit,

Shall bear your next wound too

Let the first one be filled…

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

 

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 27 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 27) ☆ 

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# 27☆

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दरवाजा ग़र सख़्त हो जाये तो

बारिश को इल्ज़ाम ना देना

शायद  कुछ  भीगी  यादें

जम  गई  होंगी  चौखट  पे…

 

Do not blame the rains if the

Door gets jammed on the sill

Maybe some wet memories

have got accumulated on it!

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

उसका वादा भी अजीब था

जिन्दगी भर साथ निभायेंगे,

मैंने भी ये कभी नहीं पूछा कि

मोहब्बत के या यादों के साथ…

 

His promise was too strange

Will  be  with  you forever,

I also never questioned him

With love or with memories

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

जो  नहीं  है  हमारे

पास  वो  ख्वाब  हैं,

पर जो भी  है हमारे

पास वो लाजवाब है…

 

बहुत संभाल कर खर्च करो 

ये दोस्ती की दौलत…

आखिर एक उम्र गुजारनी है

इसी  की  बदौलत….!

 

What we don’t have

are  the  dreams,

But  what we  have

is  truly  wonderful…

 

Carefully spend the

wealth of friendship…

After all, with this only

We’ve to  pass the life…

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 26 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 26) ☆ 

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# 26☆

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मेरी ना सही, तो ना सही

तो आपकी  होनी चाहिए,

तमन्ना किसी एक की तो

जरूर पूरी होनी चाहिए…

 

No problem, if not mine, then

Your wish should be met,

But  the  desire  of atleast

One of us  must  be fulfilled…

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃

किसी ने मुझसे पूछा कि

दर्द  की  कीमत क्या है?

मैंने कहा, मुझे नहीं पता…

मुझे तो मुफ्त में ही मिला

बस कुछ लोगों पर हद से

ज्यादा  यकीन  किया था!

 

Someone  asked  me…

what is the cost of pain

I  said, I  don’t  know

since I  got  it  for free

I only believed in  some

people to  the extreme!

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ये  भी कैसा अजब नशा है

किस  गजब ख़ुमार  में हूँ,

तू आ के जा भी चुका है

और मैं तेरे इंतज़ार में हूँ…

 

What type of strange

intoxication  is  this

What  an  amazing

hangover  I  am  in…

 

You have come

and  gone  also

And,  I  am  still      

waiting for you…

❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ ❃ 

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 a Classical Translation of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Classical Shayari “लगता नहीं है जी मेरा उजड़े दयार में…”  Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar had composed this very soulful immortal ghazal, when he was imprisoned in Burma, away from his motherland, where he eventually died.

In Capt. Pravin Raghuvansi ji  words – “I always had a great desire to do an English paraphrasing of it, while retaining its spirit and emotions… ” 

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 classical translation.

बहादुर शाह ज़फर 

 ☆ लगता नहीं है जी मेरा उजड़े दयार में …. ☆ 

कैप्टेन  प्रवीण रघुवंशी:  बहादुर शाह ज़फर की एक बहुत भावपूर्ण, अमर कालजयी रचना है: “लगता नहीं है जी मेरा उजड़े दयार में…” बड़ी इच्छा थी कि इसका एक भावानुवाद किया जाये… .

 

लगता नहीं है जी मेरा

उजड़े  दयार  में

किस  की  बनी  है

आलम-ए-ना-पायेदार में

 

बुलबुल को बाग़बां से

न  सैय्याद से  गिला

क़िस्मत में क़ैद थी लिखी

फ़सल-ए-बहार  में

 

उम्र-ए-दराज़ माँग के

लाये थे चार दिन

दो आरज़ू में कट गये,

दो इंतज़ार में…

 

कह दो इन हसरतों से

कहीं  और जा  बसें

इतनी जगह कहाँ है

दिल-ए-दाग़दार  में

 

है कितना बदनसीब

ज़फ़र दफ़्न के लिये

दो  गज़  ज़मीन भी

न मिली कू-ए-यार में

 

☆ I don’t  feel  inspirited at all in this desolated abode …. ☆

(Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi: Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar had composed a very soulful immortal ghazal, when he was imprisoned in Burma, away from his motherland, where he eventually died:  “Lagta nahi hai jee mera ujde dayar mei…”

I always had a great desire to do an English paraphrasing of it, while retaining its spirit and emotions… Here’s an attempt…

 

I don’t  feel  inspirited at all

in this desolated abode, but

Whose happiness has  ever

lasted in this transient world

 

Nightingale has no complaint

With the  gardener or fowler

When  destiny  itself scripted

its captivity in peak of spring

 

Was  granted  four  days

of  life  as  a  benefaction…

Two were spent in desires,

while remaining two in wait

 

Please  tell  these desires to

settle down somewhere else

There isn’t enough room left

in this overly blotched heart

 

How  much  unfortunate,  I,

Zafar*  is, who couldn’t  find

Two yards of land for  burial

In the street of dear homeland!

*Zafar – India’s last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah, also known as Zafar, died in a British prison in Burma, longing for his country….

© Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuanshi, NM (Retd),

Pune

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – 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 Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi poem  “एलिअन ” . 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 संजय भारद्वाज 

☆ एलिअन ☆ 

मुखौटोंवाला झुंड

निरंतर नोंचता रहा

मेरा चेहरा,

दूसरी-तीसरी-चौथी

परत के भ्रम में

खींचता रहा मांस

झिल्ली-दर-झिल्ली,

मैं तड़पता रहा,

चिल्लाता रहा,

दर्द से बिलबिलाता रहा,

झुंड पर कोई असर नहीं पड़ा,

एकाएक

उसके चेहरे पर

भय नज़र आने लगा है,

समूह मुझसे

दूर जाने लगा है,

झुंड ने मुझे

घोषित कर दिया है

एलिअन,..,

उसकी मान्यता है,

मुखौटेविहीन चेहरा

धरती पर

नहीं पाया जाता।

 

☆ Alien ☆

 

Masked herd

Kept tearing off

my face,

In the delusion of

second, third, fourth

under layers

Nipping off flesh Membrane-by-membrane,

layer-by-layer…

I kept on writhing in pain,

Kept crying, Kept sobbing

in excruciating pain,

But, the herd remained unmoved

All of a sudden

fear began to appear

on their faces…

They started to run away from me

Declaring me to be

an alien,

Herd believed,

Mask less face

doesn’t even exist

on the earth..!

 

© Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuanshi, NM (Retd),

Pune

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