Sunday, October 12, 2008

पतझड़ के टुकड़े

These are some of the verses scribed sometime in Feb'06... trying to depict the onset of Summer in India. This particular season falls between Spring (Basant) & Summer (Greeshm). Its an attempt to visualize and present the routine in an Indian Village and the changes in surroundings with the passage of Spring.

Its usually the season when school going children start preparing for their Final Exams.....its the season when the Water-levels in natural sources start drying-up... there are frequent power-cuts in villages... and married daughters start planning visits to their Parents (as Summer vacations of the kids are about to start)... Guddu, Kusum, Bhola etc are only the Metaphors!... as usual, Google is not supporting Hindi Language & fonts completely, please bear with some spelling errors...

पतझड़ के टुकड़े

हवा खुश्क, धूप गुनगुना रही है
बसंत का यौवन अब ढलता जा रहा है

खेतों की हरियाली उतरती जा रही है
पलाश सुर्ख हो इतरा रहा है

दिन खिंचते जा रहे हैं अब दिनोदिन
दोपहर का सन्नाटा पैर पसरा रहा है

गुड्डू किताबों के पन्ने पलटता है
परीक्षा का खौफ नज़दीक आ रहा है

कुएं की लम्बी रस्सी शहर से आ गई
पानी कुसुम से दूर हुआ जा रहा है

शामों का 'सरकारी अँधेरा' बढ़ने लगा है
भोला लालटेन चमका रहा है

माँ-बाप की आँखें भी अब पथराने लगी हैं
बेटी को पीहर से बुलावा आ रहा है

5 comments:

shobby said...

oh! that's not-so-Sam-da style..:)
anyway..beautiful!!

रवि रतलामी said...

वाह, क्या कहने...

कुएं की लम्बी रस्सी शहर से आ गई
पानी कुसुम से दूर हुआ जा रहा है

सचमुच बुरा हाल है इस जमाने में सबका...

सुंदर रचना शिल्प. मौलिक वक्तव्य.

Samsible - Not very sensible said...

Shobby!... this is another facet... FUNNY part is rather more exposed... and is always in store...

seema said...

ahaa..,
lambi rassi.
sarkarii andhera.
aur ankhe pathrana..are enriching..
khub sunder lagii..!!
lekin chaitra* ke mahine kii -ek/do baat agar if i add..??:in each and evry indian villages..we hav kajarii,manjarii & lalli..women who are nt married nor widow ,but they do EXIST...this is for them;--

when kajari didnt wear bangles
and in chaitra*
offered grain and fruit to a sallagram** stone,he said,
'you dont hav to do all this,
you are not a widow!"
'how do i know?she answered,
'some of the men i slept with
may have died.'

this are also 'patzaad ke tukde'AND I associate them with coming of summers...espl when {legally wedded)women folk is away.(actually i tried it in hindi but cud nt rhyme it into yr version...)..keep pouring!!!!

Unknown said...

beautiful...and deep thoughts....