Tag Archives: Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Autumn arrives and Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the famous poet, draws a shabd-chitra. Also a metaphor for an old person reaching the end of life – Rajiv Krishna Saxena   है यह पतझड़ की शाम, सखे! नीलम-से पल्लव टूट ग‌ए, मरकत-से साथी छूट ग‌ए, अटके फिर भी दो पीत पात जीवन-डाली …

A poem is but few words. Its meaning actually explodes in its entire splendor inside our own hearts. This poem of Bachchan brings back to us collective memories of the peaceful stillness of the time as the sun sets and the world prepares to retire for the night – Rajiv …

Another picture drawn from words. An impression of early morning when the birds suddenly start to chirp in unison. Here also we find the amusing and funny idea of crows as the security guards of birds! Note also the lovely lilt of words arranged in a perfect meter – Rajiv …

Unfulfilled desires in our hearts do not let us live in peace and keep pocking us from inside. Bachchan found a very interesting metaphor in barking of dogs in the night. A lovely poem. Illustration by Garima Saxena – Rajiv K. Saxena रात रात भर श्वान भूकते पार नदी के …

A famous poem of Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchan. A row of birds fly during a storm (jhanjhawaat).  Rajiv Krishna Saxena प्रबल झंझावात साथी देह पर अधिकार हारे, विवशता से पर पसारे, करुण रव-रत पक्षियों की आ रही है पाँत, साथी! प्रबल झंझावात, साथी! शब्द ‘हरहर’, शब्द ‘मरमर’– तरु गिरे जड़ …

Mid summer night, on the riverbank, one hears someone singing on the other side of the river. Poet just listens and wonders who is singing, and why – Rajiv Krishna Saxena कोई पार नदी के गाता भंग निशा की नीरवता कर इस देहाती गाने का स्वर ककड़ी के खेतों से …

You may have read the poem “Is Paar, Us Paar” by Bachchan. There the poet had wondered what awaits him after lifes journey comes to an end. Here in this poem he appears to have found an answer. Now the vicissitudes of life worry him not because two loving eyes …

Journey of life is frustrating. One may even wonder, why travel at all. Yet, as Bachchan Ji says in this poem, one has to keep on moving till the last breath. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यात्रा और यात्री साँस चलती है तुझे चलना पड़ेगा ही मुसाफिर! चल रहा है तारकों का …

He loved her and she loved him but they were not destined to be together. Even as he lost her, he is contented for the reasons Harivansh Rai Bachchan Ji tells in his poem – Rajiv Krishna Saxena सोच सुखी मेरी छाती है दूर कहां मुझसे जाएगी केसे मुझको बिसराएगी …

Here is a very common sense philosophy – very useful too to cope with our losses. There are times when we lose a loved one. Losses are inevitable in life. All one can do it to bear the loss and carry on with life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जो बीत गई …