Life And Time Poems

You would have read Dohe of Kabir and Rahim. Those were written hundreds of years ago. Nida Fazli’s Dohe belong to this post-modern age. Understanding these may require a bit of thinking. I hope readers will like these. Rajiv Krishna Saxena निदा फ़ाज़ली के दोहे युग युग से हर बाग …

Love may desert us but the height of tragedy is when the resulting pain itself also deserts us. See it in the words of Ramavtar Tyagi. Rajiv Krishna Saxena शिकायत आँसुओ तुम भी पराई आँख में रहने लगे हो अब तुम्हें मेरे नयन इतने बुरे लगने लगे हैं। बेवफाई और …

There are some basic facts of life that do not change. We may try to hide or overlook those facts and live in a dream world of our own, but the reality dawns sooner or later. Read this beautiful poem by Shiv Bahadur Singh Ji. Rajiv Krishna Saxena सपनों का …

Children have clear hearts. They respond to love and have no special motives in striking up friendships. Then at a certain age, that simplicity of heart gives way to cleverness. This lovely poem describes this transition and mourns the loss of that simple and selfless phase of life. Rajiv Krishna …

Here is a lovely poem that brings in strong nostalgia for simple rural life where a Neem tree in the court-yard is like a family member who fully participates in the family life from birth to death. Rajiv Krishna Saxena नीम के फूल एक कड़वी–मीठी औषधीय गंध से भर उठता …

Here is a poem written in 1953 by Nagarjuna, the famous poet of common people. Corruption occupied people’s attention at that time as much as it does now. Modalities however changed as per the need of the time. Rajiv Krishna Saxena नया तरीक़ा  दो हज़ार मन गेहूँ आया दस गाँवों …

Some nice couplets from Hullad Muradabadi that remind us of some tough facts of life but nonetheless exhorts us to keep smiling. Rajiv Krishna Saxena. मुस्कुराने के लिए मसखरा मशहूर है, आँसू बहाने के लिए बाँटता है वो हँसी, सारे ज़माने के लिए। जख्म सबको मत दिखाओ, लोग छिड़केंगे नमक …

Omar Khayyam, a Persian philosopher poet lived about a thousand years ago. He was a mathematician, geographer, a scientist and a great poet. His Rubaiyat acquired great fame as they pondered over the meaningless fleeting life that humans suffer. In nineteenth century this work was translated by Fitzgerald into English. …

With the start of hot summer, we all wait for rains. If rains get delayed or fail, life suffers badly; especially so in villages. Here is an excerpt from a lovely poem by Bekal Utsahi, wondering when would it rain. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कब बरसेगा पानी सावन भादौं साधु हो …

A life lived together is a work of art. It has all colours and hues, bright and dark and at the end a sense of deep satisfaction. Hear it in the words of Ram Darash Mishra. Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम तुम सुख के, दुख के पथ पर जीवन, छोड़ता हुआ …