जीवन की आपा धापी में / In The Rush of Life

Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan, best known for his work, Madhushala was an Indian poet and author of new poetry literary movement. Though he was a professor in English at the Allahabad University, and had done his PhD on W.B. Yeats from Cambridge University, he preferred to write in Hindi.

His poetries like ‘Jo beet gai so baat gai’, ‘agnipath’ and ‘is paar us paar’ fascinate people, whenever these are read or recited.

Today I’m going to share the last part of his poem जीवन की आपा धापी में (In The Rush of Life) recently also shared by his son and the famous Indian actor, Amitabh Bachchan.

जीवन की आपा धापी में

अनवरत समय की चक्की चलती जाती है

मैं जहां खड़ा था कल, उस थल पर आज नहीं

कल इसी जगह फिर पाना मुझको मुश्किल है

ले मापदंड, जिसको परिवर्तित कर देती केवल छूकर ही, देश-काल की सीमाएं

जग दे मुझ पर फैसला उसे जैसा भाए

लेकिन मैं तो बेरोक सफ़र में, जीवन के इस एक और पहलू से होकर निकल चला

जीवन की आपा धापी में कब वक्त मिला, कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ कभी ये सोच सकूं

जो किया, कहा, माना उसमे क्या बुरा भला…

✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️

In The Rush of Life

the wheel of time moves relentlessly

where I did stand yesterday,  I may be not there today

to find me here again tomorrow shall be difficult

take that instrument of measure that by its touch alone changes the barriers and lines of control of time and place

thrust upon me your judgement as you wish

but in the unstoppable journey of mine, my life has moved on from yet another flanked page

in this rush of life, when did I ever get the time to ponder and think,

of what I did, day and believe, to be good or bad…

–Kaushal Kishore

Advertisement