DUSHYANT KUMAR ,HINDI POET WHI WROTE GAZALS

                                              

DUSHYANT KUMAR ( 1931-1975)

" इस शहर मे वो कोई बारात हो या वारदात,

अब किसी भी बात पर खुलती नहीं हैं खिड़कियाँ .."

( Dushyant Kumar ) 

( Iss shahar mein vo koyi baraat ho ya vaardaat,

Ab kisi bhi baat par khulti nahin hain khidkiyaan..)

(In this city now ,

Be it a marriage procession 

Or some accident ,

No window is opened for any issue.) 

Dushyant Kumar Tyagi was a Hindi poet who is known for using Gazal format in many of his poems .Dushyant Kumar was born in Navada Village of Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh. He did M.A. in Hindi from Allahbad University. He worked in All India Radio (Aakaashwaani) and a Hindi magazine of that time called 'Naye Patte'. Despite criticism from scholars, he established the pillar of ghazals in Hindi and wrote in the language of the common man.

Here is a sample of his Hindi Gazal..

रह-रह आँखों में चुभती है पथ की निर्जन दोपहरी

आगे और बढे तो शायद दृश्य सुहाने आएँगे|

मेले में भटके होते तो कोई घर पहुँचा जाता

हम घर में भटके हैं कैसे ठौर-ठिकाने आएँगे|

( Rah rah aankhon mein chubti hai path ki nirjan do- pahri,

Aage aur bade to shaayad drishya suhaane aayenge...

Maile mein bhatke hote to koyi ghar pahuncha deta,

Hum ghar mein bhatke hain kaise thaur thikaane aayenge.....)

" एक खंडहर के हृदय सी,एक जंगली फूल सी,

आदमी की पीर गूंगी ही सही, गाती तो है..

एक चादर साँझ ने सारे नगर पर डाल दी,,

ये अंधेरे की सड़क उस भोर तक जाती तो है. "

(Eik khand-har ke hriday si eik jungli phool si,

Aadmi ki peed goongi hi sahi gaati to hai...

Eik chaadar saanjh ne saare nagar par daal dhi,

Ye andhere ki sadak oss bhor tak jaati to hai..)

"मैं जिसे ओढ़ता-बिछाता हूँ

वो ग़ज़ल आपको सुनाता हूँ

हर तरफ़ ऐतराज़ होता है

मैं अगर रौशनी में आता हूँ"

( Me jise audda bichhaata huun 

Woh gazal aap ko sunaata huun

Har taraf aiteraaz hota hai

Me agar roshini mein aata huun) 

Dushyant Kumar remained very close to Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, a stalwart Hindi poet. Dushyant Kumar was a close relative of Kamleshwar . The Indian Department of Posts issued a commemorative stamp with Dushyant Kumar's image on it, in September 2009.

In Hindi film "Halla Bol" , Dushyant Kumar's poetic lines " मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने मे सही, हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए " "mere seene mein nahin to tere siine mein sahi, ho kaheen bhi aag lekin aag jalni chaahiye" were used to convey the central idea . Star Plus used the lines "Sirf hungaama khada karna mera maqsad nahin, saari koshish hai, ki yeh soorat badalni chahiye" in promos for its show Satyameva Jayate.

A letter written by Dushyant Kumar in praise of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been kept on display at a museum.

Dushyant,who died in Bhopal in his early 40s in 1975,had penned a letter to Bachchan showering praises on the actor after watching his performance in the hit movie "Deewar".

I conclude with two lines of Dushyant Kumar .

" हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी पिघलनी चाहिए,

इस हिमालय से कोई गंगा निकलनी चाहिए।"

(Ho gayi hai peed parvat si pighalni chaahiye

Iss himalay se koyi Ganga nikalni chaahiye) 

( Avtar Mota )

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