Tuesday, October 16, 2012

पूरण सूरज ग्रहण / Total Solar Eclipse (a poem by Sh.Gulzar)

This is a lovely poem that I came across in the book 'Neglected Poems' by Sh.Gulzar. The translation to English is done by Sh.Pavan K.Varma. Happy to share this with you all!  :-)

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पूरण सूरज ग्रहण
कॉलेज के रोमांस में ऐसा होता था
डेस्क के पीछे बैटे बैटे
चुपके से दो हाथ सरकते
धीरे धीरे पास आते...
और फिर एक, अचानक पूरा हाथ पकड़ लेता था
मुटटी में भर लेता था
सूरज ने युहीं पकड़ा हैं चाँद का हाथ फलक में आज!

 
Total Solar EclipseIn college romances it used to happen so:
From behind a desk two hands
Would furtively, slowly, one would completely hold the other
Cover it fully by the palm;
Today the sun has caught the hand of the moon
Just like that

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