CHINAR TREE IN SNOWFALL AND A POEM OF AGNISHEKHAR

                                          

CHINAR TREE IN SNOW

To this photo I am adding a Hindi  poem by Dr Agnishekhar . The influence of  Kurdish poets like Choman Hardi ,Kajal Ahmed and  Sherko Bekas is starkly visible in the style and content  of this poem.For my friends,I have also done simple english rendering of this poem..

(Girtee Barf )

Barf gir rahi hai ,

Aaj phir chinar ke neeche

Koyee dekh raha hai 

Tumhaari   raah 

Dharrak rahi hai eik umeed phir se 

Din badal jaane ki 

Utkat praarthana koyee kar rahaa hai 

Iss himpaat mein ……..

Barf ke inn vishaal prastaron ke neeche 

Beh rahi hai maun  jal dhaaraayein 

Meri  jijivisha hain

Gharon ki chhatein 

Aur peidon ki tahniyon se latak rahi 

Jami huyee pandhaariyaan 

Meray aansoo aur paseenay hain 

Kye huva

 Akela huun  me  Iss chatyrdik shunya mein 

Dhab  rahein hai  barf ke neeche 

Meray Kheit ,

Smritiyaan ,

Jarrein ,

Kavitaayein 

Naam o nishaan meray 

Me har chinaar ke neeche 

Barf ki Banbiyaan mein khada

Kar rahaan huun surya upasana 

Budh-budhaa rahaa huun 

Dhoop !

Dhoop!

Dhoop!

( Agni Shekhar )

 

( In the snow fall )

 Today the chinar tree is once again 

Under falling snow ,

Some one  stands at  the pathway 

Looking for you .

This heart beats once more with hope  

 “Days are going to change  for sure ”

An intense  prayer by some one 

In this snowfall,

Under this  gigantic snow settlement ,

Many streams of silence keep moving ,

 Like  my resilience .

From the rooftops and  the branches of these trees ,

Frozen water  lines  dangle 

 like my tears and sweat drops ,

What , if alone I stand today ,

In this desolate silence of   all the  four corners ,

Under this very  snow ,

Buried are  my fields ,

My recollections ,

My roots ,

My poems ,

My being  

and identity .

I stand underneath every chinar tree ,

In these  snow stacks ,

 Performing  Sun worship ,

I  keep murmuring ,

Sunshine  !

Sunshine !

Sunshine !

( Avtar Mota )

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