Two Poems, Rajnigandha...

A post on poetry... Again.

Rajnigandha

Rajnigandha

is a blossom...?

Reminding

like wishes

those morning dreams

soft touches, Rajnigandha,

perhaps, that smoke

and the fog in your house

passes with a sunshine,

at the summit

In that horizon

we stared from balcony

dancing beams,

somewhere, like bhanjyang

You had said...

One Rajnigandha's alone,

that

night smells... Rajnigandha?

Like a chariot

passing blossoming gardens

from sand and water

ups and downs

through Dhupi

through Chanmp

Gurans and Gunakesari

I arrive at nights, Rajnigandha

Like a name o' flower

from the chambers

of your heart,

Plucking beams,

being rays,

I arrive.

As

I love you-

Rajnigandha

that blossoms as ever

in picturesque,

flowery tales

and festivals...

field's straits-

irrigated

Heart's dawn

And my dusk, Rajnigandha.

1. Rajnigandha- Hindi for a flower- Tuberose
2. bhanjyang- dense forest
3. Chanmp, Dhupi - trees
4. Gurans, Gunakesari- flowers

Poem by famous Nepali poet Ishor Ballav, 'Rajnigandha'
Translated from Nepali by the Author.

एउटा कबीता

मुख धुनुपर्यो भने
आँशुले नै धुन्छु
जहीले पनी तीमीलाई
सम्झी सम्झी रुन्छु

के भो भनी सोध्छन्
कोही हाँसो छर्नेह्रु
भीत्रभीत्रै खुसी हुन्छन्
रीस गर्नेह्रु

तीम्रै मात्रै छाँया देख्छु
जता दुलेपनी
तीमी भुल्न सक्दीन म
आफैँ भुले पनी

एकान्तमा टोलाएर
पागल जस्तै हुन्छु
जहीले पनी तीमीलाई
सम्झी सम्झी रुन्छु

अन्तीम चीठी पढ्छु
अधुरो छ पानो
झरे पनी हेर्ने छैन
सस्ता मोतीदाना

फेरी कहीले आउने होली
के के बताउन
कती सम्म जनेकी छे
मलाई सताउन

तीम्रै फोटो हेरी हेरी
तीमी बोलेको सुन्छु
जहीले पनी तीमीलाई
सम्झी सम्झी रुन्छु

साभार- गोरखापत्र, कबीको नाम थाहा भए कृपया लेखी पठाउन अनुरोध छ।