Wednesday 18 December 2013

Nadi aur Abr






Nadi aur Abr (River and the Cloud-A love story)
Inspired by- the photo above taken by Kiron Sahadevan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgkiron/with/8911259922/)
Art...
Wall art, sculpture, photography, music, dance, cinema, words of prose and stories..
Be it in any form, I patronise Art. and rarely does a creative work passes by my eyes or ears without my notice.


A few years back I happened to see the above picture posted on FB. It was taken by a friend and avid photographer, Kiron Sahadevan, and he had prompted for a Caption in the post. While I was racking my brains for a caption, my thoughts started wavering and culminated into this poem.
In the picture, I  imagined a river and cloud meeting at a horizon and having a dialogue. A dialogue filled with romance and sweet nothings.
And somehow my imagination of their romance was in Hindi and thus is the poem's language. So River is Nadi (नदी ) and Cloud is Abr (अब्र ). Could have used a more common word Baadal too, but I love the word 'Abr' and felt its Urdu connotation will be an interesting contrast to Nadi.
So the prose has a storyline where Nadi and Abr are having a conversation and half way through it, 'Horizon'  interrupts them and changes the flow of the story. Horizon is referred as Kshitij (क्षितिज ) here.



चमकती लहराती नदी चली है अब्र को मनाने
जो बैठा है ऊपर, रूठा सा, बनाये कई बहाने।

"क्यों झगड़ती हो मुझसे?" तेवर दिखाए अब्र
"क्यों सताते हो मुझे?" नदी का टूटे सब्र।

अब्र ::"सूरज से लड़ झगड़ आता हूँ तुम्हारे पास
तुम पर अपना प्यार बरसाऊँ लिए यही आस"

नदी::"बरसकर चले जाते हो करके मुझे बेचैन और तन्हा
मौसम दर मौसम बीत जाएँ याद किये वोह लम्हा
जब साथ थे तुम, एहसास थे तुम 

गजराते थे तुम, अमृत वृष्ट झलकाते थे तुम"

अब्र:: "अमृत वृष्ट से आज भी महकता है मेरा पोश"
"इसको तृप्त कर सदा बहो तुम होकर मदहोश  
चंचल सी, चुलबुली सी, कभी शर्माती, कभी खिलखिलाती सी 
बलखाती हुई कहाँ चल्दी, दिल पे लगाए कतार सी"

नदी:: "बस बस!" "इतना न छेड़ो हमें 'सावन के साजन'"
अब्र:: "ईश!" "सावन संग ब्रिष्टि, मैं तो हूँ तुम्हारा साजन'"

नदी::"बातों मैं उलझाना तो हुनर है आपका
और हमें सताना तो है फितरत आपकी"

अब्र::"हुनर है मेरा सिर्फ प्यार बरसाना
और फितरत है मेरी  सिर्फ आपसे दिल्लगी "

सुनकर यह कण नदी मनमुद्र मुस्कुराये
बोल वोह भूली, और अब्र तनकर कहकहाए

"अब शर्माइये न इतना कि मन बहक जाए
अब मुस्कुराइए न इतना कि समा देहक जाए"

इत्ने में कहीं दूर से, आराम फरमाते हुए आये मन्मौजि "क्षितीज"
तोड़े नदी-अब्र कि नोक-झोक बोले "अरे छोड़ो यह खिच-खिच"
साल भर में एक ऋतू तो मिलना है 
और फिर भिछड़ जाना है
नदी पुकार रहा समुद्र तुझे 
और अब्र समाप्त हो रही तेरी मेघा रे 
मेरे आगोश में आओ, कुछ पल साथ बिताओ
हसीं ठिठोली और प्यार भरे बोल फरमाओ
मेरे आगोश में आओ"

ढांढस हुए नदी-अब्र सुनकर यह कहिन
एहसास ही न हुआ कि अलविदा कहना है एक दिन

चल दिए दोनों क्षितिज कि ओर, साथ-साथ किंतू एकांत
मन में लिए कई विचार, जिनका एक ही सारांश 



प्रकृती की यही रीत है ,
नदी के लिए समुद्र और अब्र के लिए मेघा ही मीत है
प्रकृती की यही रीत है............ 

So like me, my protagonists are also under a myth of meeting each other. But in reality they never meet and never meant to either.


Also available at https://letpoetrybe.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/nadi-aur-abr/




Thursday 14 November 2013

Childrens Day!!

Date:14th November 

November Sunshine welcomes me to a bright new day
My Shadow lazily walks with me on the pathway

A fluttering butterfly teases me to give it a chase 
A puddle tempts me to dirty my shoe and lace

What’s so special? Why is the nature so inviting today?
If it is special, then why am I spending the day like everyday?

Aah! There I see some kids playing & making chirpy noise
I stop and wish to be with them when I hear my Mom’s voice

“Come Fast” she shouts, breaking my daydreams’s rhythm
“We’re late. Got to rush” she continues in her regular anthem

“ Mama” walking ahead slowly towards her “I want to play”
She worries “you’ve just recovered. What if you fall ill, God not May!”

“Please Mama. Wait. Wait Mama, wait for sometime”
“No! Lets Go.” She Shrugs “There is so much work, I have no time”

"Please Mama! Look! I think there is a party in the garden today
Look out there! Everyone has a cap & there’s cake on the tray"

"Can we join in? It will be so much fun
I can see my friends too, making a run"

"See There! Chirpy Gurls swinging under the rainbow arch
And Ice-Cream Shape Balloons hanging all over the park"

"There! Throwing balloons are my friends at each other
And how cute is that chocolate smudge faced toddler"

"Oh! I just love the giggles, chuckles and its sound
How much fun it is to slide down and hit the ground"

"Land, Water, River, Sea. What is it written on the stair?"

"And why are girls throwing stone and hopping in pair"

"Mama, Please. look out of your smartphone?!" And I turn to see her gazing at something somewhere
Unsure if she is too upset with me and maybe I din’t care

I pull her gently “Mama what Happened?” Am I not Good?”
"No! Not Like that!" She Smiles “I just…just remembered my childhood!"

“Yes!” Mom Exclaims “Today is a Fun Fun Day!”
“Come Let’s Go in” She kisses me “Happy Childrens Day!!”

Thursday 14 February 2013

Life and Valentine!!

Date: 14th February 2013

Past one week, there's something wrong in the Air
My 5 senses are going crazy and "God knows where"

Dying-winter, resurrecting-summer fight in front of me
But I can only SMELL fresh-spring dancing around me,

Others complain that Traffic moves inch by inch with many a odd
I only SEE it slow-motioning to "ishq wala love" running on my Ipod

As usual my boss screams "am mad at you"
Well.. I only HEAR "am crazy over you" 

I ought to be asking my reportees "What's your monthly collections"
But my TONGUE ends up saying "Lets shop Spring-Summer Collections"

Everybody is running and competing to stay ahead of Time
But I only stand, to TOUCH, feel and live my present Time.

And today I realise the happy reason
Valentine is the flavour of the season

oh! How I wish, 'LIFE', you remain so very kind, so very positive, so very charmingly deceptive
As you have been in the past week, not just for today, or this month, But for my Lifetime.

"Life... Will you be My Valentine?"

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Welcome 2013!!

2012: wow...we escaped from the World-End
Welcome the gracious 2013, which is here to Fend...
Our past desire, undiscovered talent & lost Passion
Kindling hopes, a chance for a fresh Resolution....
2013, may U be the year of new Beginings
For matters of soul, mind & all good Things....
So introspect today on what we wanna Do
This year, let's create a dream & make it come True.....
Have a content 2013....