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अकेली

प्यारे दोस्तों,
सुश्री मनिपर्णा सेनगुप्ता मजुमदार का अँग्रेज़ी
हाइकु 'alone'
मुझे इतना अभिभूत
कर गया कि
कई दिनों तक
वो मुझ पर
हावी सा रहा.
उनकी
अनुमति से मैंने
भी इस ही
विषय पर लिखने
की कोशिश की
है. मेरे
चार हिन्दी हाइकु
मूल अँग्रेज़ी हाइकु
के तीन objects : चिड़िया,
दीवार,
विधवा; और एक भाव : अकेलापन के इर्द-गिर्द ही
घूमते
हैं, (मैंने
अपनी रचनाओं को
मनिपर्णा के हाइकु
से प्रेरित नहीं
कहा है, क्योंकि
प्रेरणा विचार की होती
है जबकि इनमें
से किसी में
भी विचार मेरा
original नहीं है, मेरे
चारों हाइकु में
विचार मनिपर्णा ही
का है). लेकिन मैंने अपने
हाइकु(ओं) में कुछ
विशिष्ट शब्दों का प्रयोग
किया है जिनसे
उनका क्षेत्र विस्तृत
हो गया है
और उन्हें नए
आयाम, नए अर्थ
मिले हैं.
मेरा
मानना है कि मौलिकता भी विचार की होती
है, शब्द केवल
आवरण मात्र हैं
.. मैंने मनिपर्णा के विचार
को मात्र कुछ
अन्य शब्द पहनाये
हैं, और
इसी कारण से
मनिपर्णा को ही
अपने हाइकु(ओं)
की भी मूल
रचयिता मान कर
ये पोस्ट मैं
ससम्मान उन्हें समर्पित करता
हूँ!
आप
सब सुधि पाठकों
के समक्ष व्याख्या
करने की आवश्यकता
नहीं समझता, केवल
आपका ध्यान 'ख़ामोशी', 'परकोटे' और 'संग'
के प्रयोग की
ओर आकृष्ट करना
चाहूँगा जिन्होंने हाइकु(ओं) को बहुआयामी
अर्थ दिए हैं.
अहिन्दीभाषी
मित्रों का प्रोत्साहन मुझे हमेशा मिला है.. उनकी सहायता के लिए key उपलब्ध है.
गूँगी चिरैय्या
बियावान दीवारें
विधवा सखी
तन्हा गोरैया
भरभराता घर
बेवा ख़ामोशी
उदास पंछी
परकोटे पे काई
संग वैधव्य
4.
अकेली जान
डगमगाता जहाँ
चिड़िया, बेवा!
Key :
बियावान =
deserted
तन्हा =
lonely/lonesome
भरभराता = crumbling
बेवा =
widow
परकोटा =
parapet
काई =
moss/mossed
संग =
with/white stone ‘संगमर्मर’
वैधव्य =
widowhood
जहाँ = world
This post is dedicated to Maniparna Sengupta Majumder
Tuesday 29 November 2016
Unique
U is for Unique
Linked to: ABC Wednesday
I’m sure nobody in
their wildest dreams can imagine what it is!
And when I tell you
it’ll be so easy to make out!!
It is fine silt and
moss deposited on the tiled terrace of my office swept by the rainwater the
previous night from the other un-tiled rooftop adjacent to this..
The pattern marveled
me and I couldn’t resist capturing it.
It is truly Unique
as it will never be formed again…
I have not done
anything with the original except for writing my name on it.
Hope you guys will like it too..
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Tuesday 15 November 2016
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Tuesday 25 October 2016
Plea
Puzzled
I vulnerable
Naked stark
You
fascinate
In frills
intricate.
Showing
bits
You beguile
Intrigued
I chase.
Fruit forbidden
You offer
Hesitantly
though
I oblige.
You elude
Since then
O life
Me Tarzan
you Jane!
This post is dedicated to
Sunaina Sharma for prompting me to present a poem when I
reach the letter ‘P’.
The other half of this post a
picture of the prodigious,
princely Pine is sheer coincidence..the pun was never intended :)
Pine
P is for Pine
Linked to: ABC Wednesday
Linked to: Seasons
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Tuesday 4 October 2016
Tuesday 27 September 2016
Tuesday 20 September 2016
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Tuesday 6 September 2016
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Tuesday 16 August 2016
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Destiny
D is for Destiny
Linked to: ABC Wednesday
Dear friends, This is a slightly tricky photo of a rustic ladder viewed and shot atop. The ladder is a means which can be used both ways..it can take you up or bring you down, hence the title 'Destiny', and due to its rather unusual angle it can be seen as a grave or a pyre in this picture, which justifies the title even more!
What do you say?
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Bay
Labels:
ABC Wednesday,
Bay of Bengal,
Beach,
nature,
sand,
sea
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Azure
A is for Azure
Linked to: ABC Wednesday
As my last poem was subjected to quite some flak I realized that
it is not only “The world is too much with us", but it is also true that the words
are too much with us J
I have decided to give my readers a break, but poetry being
my first love I find it suffocating to live without.
The solution: I go
wordless!
Presenting you herewith a series of pictures by me, which I hope will be
found having an element of poetry throughout.
It is an array of diverse concepts/emotions: dramatic,
subtle, imposing, understated, candid, suggestive, stark and abstract in
different moods, tones and hues…but the thread of poetry runs intact…
Enjoy!
PS: And what better place to showcase ideas than ABC Wednesday? I sincerely thank Denise, Roger, Leslie and the rest of the team for this amazing platform J
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Allegiance
Black swarms
Of golden bees
Assailed me and forgot
I didn’t use cell phone
To help them proliferate..
When I ducked
Underwater
To save my life
The sharp coral
Never knew
I worked to
Conserve them too!
Images from Google
Linked to: Poets United
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Friday 6 May 2016
Stealth
Don’t say anything
And just listen
To rustling summer leaves
Or Ravi Shankar’s sitar
Or lub dub of a lusty heart
Don’t say anything
And just behold
A mellow sunset
Or a Van Gogh
Or limpid pools of eyes
Don’t say anything
And just inhale
First rain on dry earth
Or a Marques de Riscal
Or a warm carnal breath
Don’t say anything
And just relish
A cool spring draught
Or an intense Keats
Or a quivering eager lip
But please don’t say anything
..words pollute!
PS: In this poem I have used four external stimuli (senses) and
three objects (nature/art/physical) to be repeated under each for a resonating
effect. Wanted to include the fifth too but then decided against it to avert
fleshiness…
Linked to: Poets United
Wednesday 27 April 2016
Candor
Sultry stars taste like
Salty marshmallows
Nincompoop narcissus snails
Dive into lustrous mirage
Cerebral pachyderms thump
Their way into the mud
But pug-marks of golden felines
Are trailed
Heady whiff of Cashew groves
On the warm sea shore
Dries my hair.
Labels:
acceptance,
english,
mystery,
Mysticism,
open,
openness,
philosophy,
poem,
poetry
Monday 11 April 2016
अवतार
Image from Google
समर्पण: उन अनगिनत प्राणधारियों को जिन्हे इन्सान की क्रूरता अनेकों कारणों से मारे डाल रही है.
"नाचेंगे, गायेंगे, रंग-जमायेंगे...
जन्नत उतारेंगे"
हाँ, प्रभु श्री (श्री)
पर आप ये भूल गए
कि हज़ारों चिड़ियाँ, मछलियाँ, कछुए,
लाखों कीट-पतंगे, केंचुए, मेंढक, टिड्डे
बिला वजह बेमौत मारे गए
बचे हुए बेघर-बर्बाद हो गए..
दुनियादार व्यापारियों की
ख़ुदग़र्ज़ी से तो शिक़ायत
न होती हमें
पर प्रेम-आध्यात्म के अवतार
आप को हम करोड़ों
जीवात्माएँ कैसे माफ़ कर दें?
Saturday 2 April 2016
Saturday 26 March 2016
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Climate
Image from Google
Loves the weather
Bougainvillea
Bears with climate!
Linked to: Poets United
Disclaimer: This is not a haiku
Sunday 20 March 2016
Thursday 17 March 2016
St. Pine
Tresses flowy, swaying beard,
In meditation
perched on a cemetery, saintly Pine
centenarian!
Labels:
english,
meditation,
philosophy,
Pine,
poem,
poetry,
Saint
Monday 14 March 2016
Tuesday 8 March 2016
मुक्ताकाश
स्थूल रह गया नीचे
अस्तित्व छूट गया पीछे
और अब तो तू भी नहीं
सिर्फ़ मुक्ताकाश
अनंत शून्य. . चैतन्य.
न कोई वासना, न कामना,
न शिक़ायत, न प्रार्थना,
न आभार ही.
कौन करे ?
किससे ?
क्षण निरन्तर नहीं
कैसे रोको उसे ?
आया और गया
घटना घट गयी
बस.. बात ख़त्म हो गयी !
Image from Google
*This poem is
dedicated to Purba Chakraborty, whose ‘Paragliding…’ inspired me to write this
on one of my out-of-body experiences in deep meditation in remote Himalayas.
*With apologies to my Guru who advises us not to share these…sorry
Boss, the writer in me couldn’t resist the temptation of wording a part, and
overpowered the seeker in me…can’t hide from You, You are omniscient! We err to
be forgiven by Your benevolence.
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