Love Poems

अंगड़ाई सी तुम – कुंवर बेचैन

Angarai si tum

Early phase of undeclared love is akin mild inebriated mental state where the lover is constantly lost in thoughts of his lady love. This poem describes the state with many metaphors. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अंगड़ाई–सी तुम शोर की इस भीड़ में ख़ामोश तन्हाई–सी तुम ज़िंदगी है धूप तो मदमस्त पुरवाई–सी …

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मन पाखी टेरा रे – वीरबाला

Man-pakhi Tera Re

Veerbala Ji’s poems have that very familiar scent of earth. These precious poems appear to belong to an era where nature and feelings reigned supreme, without any encroachment of the modern world of artificiality. It is amazing how we feel so much at ease and close to ourselves in this …

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कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले लूँ – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

How do I accept your love?

Love requires great deal of efforts and full involvement. It exhausts the lovers. Then if one has to go through the whole process again! It is very difficult to revisit the old lanes and by lanes of love. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले लूँ कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले …

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विज्ञान विद्यार्थी का प्रेम गीत – धर्मेंद्र कुमार सिंह

Love poem of a science student

How would a student of science express his love? Here is a lovely poem by Dharmendra Kumar Singh. Rajiv Krishna Saxena विज्ञान विद्यार्थी का प्रेम गीत अवकलन समाकलन फलन हो या चलन­कलन हरेक ही समीकरण के हल में तू ही आ मिली। घुली थी अम्ल क्षार में विलायकों के जार …

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जब तुम्हीं अनजान बन कर रह गए – शांति सिंहल

Women have a world view that is very different from that of men. Women may seem involved and may even seem to participate enthusiastically in world affairs, but in heart of heart, their real focus remains on their love only. Nothing else really matters. This poem by Shanti Singhal comes …

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लजीली रात आई है – चिरंजीत

Lajili Raat Ayi hai

Most of our lives are hum-drum. There are few moments of elation and stretches of depression. Meeting the love is a super special event, and that unique night gets ingrained in memory as one of the highest notes of life. Here is a lovely poem by Chiranjeet – Rajiv Krishna …

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सन्नाटा – भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र

Silance and the story behind it

Here is a famous poem of Bhawani Prasad Mishra Ji. There is not much tradition of storytelling in modern Hindi poetry, but this is an exception. The old and abandoned old forte that has now been taken over by the Nature, has a story to tell. I recall that Akashvani …

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तुझे कैसे भूल जाऊं – दुष्यंत कुमार

It is not possible to forget you love!

You have reached the peak of career and life is taking you places. You have accomplished what ever is worthwhile in life and a loving family surrounds you. Yet, that first love in the life long bygone though, still haunts you. When all is quiet around, that face silently emerges …

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उस पार न जाने क्या होगा – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

We watch the river and wonder what will be there on the other side!

This is a very famous poem of Harivansh Rai Bachchan. We know nothing about where we go after death. The poet here expresses his apprehensions about the unfamiliar turf where one would find himself after the death and looks with a certain degree of nostalgia, about the familiarity of this …

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पहली कोशिश – राज नारायण बिसारिया

First futile attemp at finding love!

This poem belongs to an era of 1950s. Boys and girls did not meet freely and a feminine mystique existed in the eyes of young boys. There were many attempts at getting near a girl, but most ended without any consequence. Castles were made in air and got demolished all …

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