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आदमी को देख कर डर रहा है आदमी!अ
आदमी की लाचारी पर हंस रहा है आदमी!
Labels: Death
आदमी को देख कर डर रहा है आदमी!अ
आदमी की लाचारी पर हंस रहा है आदमी!
Labels: Death
ये कोरोना का कहर,
बियाबान-उजड़्ते शहर।
वो तड़्पते मरीज,
सिसकती जिंदगियां।
बदहवास परिजन,
भरे अस्पताल,
खाली सिलेंडर,
थकते वेंटिलेटर,
टुटती सांसें,
श्मशान की लंबी कतारें,
धधकती चिताओ,
के ठंडे होने के इंतज़ार में,
बेजुबान मुर्दे,
घूर रहे पथराई आंखों से,
शायद बहुत सताया होगा।
मानो कह रहे हों,
अब तो पीछा छोड़ो,
जाने दो भाई।
मुफ्त बिजली,
मुफ्त पानी,
मुफ्त बस पास,
सब बेकार,
किस काम की ये मुफ्तखोरी।
बहुत लड़ लिये
इन पत्थर के इंसानों से,
शायद परलोक में कुछ
आराम मिल जाये,
और पीछे छूट जाये,
ये मौत का मंज़र।
जहां इंसानों को
इंसान समझा जाये।
Labels: Death
An old father grieving by the pyre of his son,
Many a thing
he enjoyed when he was a child,
Remembering
taking his son to woods and field,
To ecstasy
the melodious singing of cuckoo one.
Recalling
hymns from a temple and priest forlorn,
A torrent, a
howl of a jackal, a honeybee song, mild;
A lass
milking a cow and she will dream and wild,
For the
sweetness and joy of life, now lost and gone.
He will
recall how he took him to his school,
How he
waited for hours for the train to a new start,
And by his
hard work took to new height and tool,
As none but
he could take onward in world harsh,
Against all
odds. Dreaming so of life good and marsh
While the
pyre crackles, he will be at the divine cart.
Labels: Death
Jackals come
to my pyre but don't weep;
Bake your
cakes and enjoy sound sleep;
I am not a
vote bank that sound and blow;
I am an
innocent soul whose pyre glow.
I am a
ripened life in gloomy sunlight,
I am a
gentle and calm soul bright,
I am a
gentle bird in muddled game,
I am a
bright star that shines but no fame.
I am a pyre
with blown up many a dream,
Come and
warm yourself but don't grieve,
When you
read these lines at dawn hush,
I will be in
succumb tally made in rush.
Defend your
wickets against cruel bowlers,
It is not
the fire crackers, but dream howlers.
Labels: Death