I NEGATE MY EXISTENCE, I GET MYSELF STUNG + 3 POEMS
I NEGATE MY EXISTENCE ( Page 41) LO MAINE SWAYAM KO NAKARTA HOON
I negate my very existence.
Till date, serving you
Rolls of betel leaves of approval
In dish of demeanor
They were meant to
Prove false
Your negation.
If you deem these
As your personal attainments
Then, I will only declare
Don't nurture concept that
I am your mirror.
I confess my own existence
Till now, I had pressed flying pages of your life
Under the paper-weight of reality
To avoid scattering.
If you deem it as
Greatness of your accomplishments
Then, I will assert this much only
Don't misunderstand me as your advertisement.
I GET MYSELF STUNG (Page 15)KHUD KO DANSHIT KRWATA HOON MAIN
I get myself stung
By huge snakes
So that they
Get emancipated
( Though only momentarily)
From their venom.
With the wish that
Some part of my ambrosia
Reaches throat of their
Upcoming generation too.
May be it secures change
In their coming generation
And they transform into venom less beings
Full of ambrosia.
GRAZES, SCARS (Page 30) KHARONCHE, DAAG
Grazes, scars
And wrinkles
Are only witnesses of personality
Not personality itself
Beauty,color
and fragrance
Are only companions pf existence
Not existence in itself
Sounds, words
And alphabets
Are only templates of creation
Not creation itself.
POND IS DEVOID OF WATER (Page 32) TALAAB SUKH GAYA
Pond is devoid of water
But structure of waves
Is prevalent adamantly on sand
Dream of fluidity is held
Stiffly .in its grip
This ailment of obstinacy is
Termed as culture
By human being.
He has to thrive in present
But as a matter of habit
Dwells in past.
WHENEVER WILL SHATTER ( Page 47) JB BHEE TUTEGEE
Whenever will shatter
Confined vision
He will be visible
Who was invisible so far
The one to whom
We had turned our back so far
Possibly
He is the destination
My English version of 5 Poems originally composed in Hindi by Maha Kavi Late Sh Kanhaiya Lal Sethia
Translated with consent of Sh. Jai Prakash Sethia
Rajni Chhabra
Multi -lingual poetess and polyglot
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