Contemplation Poems

Irrespective of our races and religions, we all arise from mother earth and dissolve into her. Who arises from the dissolved ingredients of who, no one can say. Here is a wonderful poem saying just that. External attributes that we wear in our life are artificial where in fact we …

There are “friends” in our lives who keep trying to sabotage our plans in the background. Here is a poem for such “well-wishers”. Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम जीवन के महा काव्य हम जीवन के महा काव्य हैं केवल छंद प्रसंग नहीं हैं कंकड़ पत्थर की धरती है अपने तो पाँवों …

We always think that the next day or night would bring something new and break the hum-drum of life. But nothing new happens… Rajiv Krishna Saxena लो दिन बीता सूरज ढलकर पश्चिम पहुँचा डूबा, संध्या आई, छाई सौ संध्या सी वह संध्या थी क्यों उठते–उठते सोचा था दिन में होगी …

Dushyant Kumar’s poetry is restless and points to gross injustice and absurdities in society. Here is another example. Rajiv Krishna Saxena वो आदमी नहीं है वो आदमी नहीं है मुकम्मल बयान है, माथे पे उसके चोट का गहरा निशान है। वे कर रहे हैं इश्क़ पे संजीदा गुफ़्तगू, मैं क्या …

Here is another great poem from Dushyant Kumar. Pathos in the poem is palpable. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पुनः स्मरण आह सी धूल उड़ रही है आज चाह–सा काफ़िला खड़ा है कहीं और सामान सारा बेतरतीब दर्द–सा बिन–बँधे पड़ा है कहीं कष्ट सा कुछ अटक गया होगा मन–सा राहें भटक गया …

Elements in absolutely pure form do not have the utility that comes after a bit of impurity is mixed with them. Thus pure gold cannot be used for making a necklace, but some base metal has to be mixed in it in order to make it usable for jewelry. Similarly, …

Baal Swaroop Rahi is a very well-known poet of Hindi and Urdu. Here are some selected verses. Rajiv Krishna Saxena राही के शेर किस महूरत में दिन निकलता है, शाम तक सिर्फ हाथ मलता है। दोस्तों ने जिसे डुबोया हो, वो जरा देर में संभलता है। हमने बौनों की जेब …

A Hindustani Gazal is presented, written by Shri Rajgopal Singh. It presents some bitter-sweet realities of life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बाकी रहा कुछ न कुछ तो उसके – मेरे दरमियाँ बाकी रहा चोट तो भर ही गई लेकिन निशाँ बाकी रहा गाँव भर की धूप तो हँस कर उठा लेता …

Here is a nice poem of Amrita Pritam based upon which a lovely song was composed for film Kadambari (1975) that was sung by Asha Bhonsle. The song differs significantly from the actual poem below. This had to be done to bring the lines into meter. The last stanza we …

Internal turmoil of a being may outwardly be seen as an entirely different phenomenon. In reality however, the outward manifestation is just a byproduct of the internal turmoil. Beautifully expressed in this well-known poem of Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Rajiv Krishna Saxena आकुल अंतर लहर सागर का नहीं श्रृंगार, उसकी विकलता …