Lal Singh Dil
- Lal Singh Dil-Samrala 1993. Photo by Amarjit Chandan
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11-04-1943 to 14-08-2007
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Links to Lal Singh Dil’s poetry will be updated shortly.
- Amarjit Chandan ’s article on Lal Singh Dil in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) http://readerswords.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/motherland-by-lal-singh-dil
- Des Raj Kali’s article on Lal Singh Dil at Watan Weekly
- An essay on Lal Singh Dil by Rahul Pandita titled The Shades of His Evening is at http://sanitysucks.blogspot.com/2006/07/shades-of-his-evening.html
http://www.museindia.com/showfeature9.asp?id=985
- An article on Lal Singh Dil by Vishav Bharti at http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=5&no=292104&rel_no=1
- Baljinder Pal’s article on Lal Singh Dil in Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
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- KITTE MIL VE MAHI (WHERE THE TWAIN SHALL MEET)
A film by Ajay Bharadwaj
72 minutes, Punjabi
with English subtitles. - also at http://www.ektaramusic.com/kitte.html
- Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain Shall Meet) by Ajay Bhardwaj (India/ 2005/ 72 min)Travel to the heart of Punjab. Enter a world of Sufi shrines worshipped and looked after by Dalits. Listen to B.S. Balli Qawwal Paslewale, the first generation Dalit Qawwals born out of this tradition. Join a fascinating dialogue with Lal Singh Dil – a radical poet, a Dalit, converted to Islam. Meet the last living legend of the Gadar movement, Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga, who contests the subversion of a common past, while affirming a new consciousness among Dalits, within and beyond Punjab. “Kitte Mil Ve Mahi” is people’s narrative of the little-known cultural/spiritual universe of Punjab.
- and http://www.combatlaw.org/information.php?issue_id=23&article_id=596
- also at http://www.freedomfilmsindia.org/DBFilmDetail.asp?DBFILMID=44
- also at http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2211/stories/20050603006012500.htm
- also at http://www.the-south-asian.com/May2005/ajay_bhardwaj.htm
- Lal Singh Dil hospitalised as reported in Indian Express at http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=250832
- Dil was heart of Punjabi poetry -an article in Indian Express on Lal Singh Dil’s death http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=251105
- HOMAGE TO PUNJABI POET LAL SINGH DIL BRINGS OUT THE POWER OF LITERATURE TO EXPOSE DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION. By INDIRA PRAHST, Instructor of Race and Ethnic Relations, Department of Sociology, Langara College, Vancouver. The Voice – Vancouver, August 25, 2007. “Also present at the event, as the only non-South Asian, was conference participant Dr. Karin Doerr, Concordia University, Montreal. She was called upon to be part of the award presentation. Her work as researcher and educator is connected to injustice, revolving around the issues of extreme discrimination and genocide as they occurred during World War II in Germany and examines its manifestations in language and literature. Of special concern to her is the plight of women in struggles and conflicts because it often gets neglected. She said her visit and interactions within the South Asian community and its literature was a learning experience as she enhanced her knowledge about the injustice experienced by the Dalits and the widows in the Delhi colonies following the Sikh massacre of 1984. This, she feels, needs to be shared and exposed more to promote general awareness.”
- also at http://www.voiceonline.com/voice/070825/headline2.php
- Lal Singh Dil’s 3 poems translated into English by Nirupama Dutt at http://www.museindia.com/showfeature9.asp?id=991
- PASH MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL TRUST honoured LAL SINGH DIL with PASH AWARD in 1994.
- Poetry award-Moga: The third Gurdev Singh Birha award for 1998 will be conferred on the Punjabi poet Lal Singh Dil for his book `Nag Lok and Dastan,’ an autobiography. The award carries cash of Rs 5,000, a memento and a shawl. Noted Punjabi satirist and award committee convener K.L. Garg, announced the award here today. He said the award-giving ceremony will be held at Ludhiana in the last week of this month. Dil had been an active Naxalite poet during the movement in the state. He had written outstanding poetry of standardised idioms and diction and had given a new dimension to Punjabi poetry. He also stressed on the class struggle and casteism in the state by writing about the downtrodden and poor.
- PUNJABI POET: Noted Punjabi poet Mr Lal Singh Dil will be honoured by the New Lekhak Manch, Rara Sahib, with the colaboration of Sihora village panchayat and Naujawan Sabha at the village public library on May 12, according to Dr Gulzar Mohamad Goria, General Secretary of the Punjabi Lekhak Manch, Samrala. The function will be presided over by Dr Tarsem, General Secretary of the Kendri Punjabi Lakhak Sabha. Dr Gulzar Pandher, Prof Raman and Dr Gulzar Mohd Goria will present their papers on the literary contribution of Mr Dil.
- SAMRALA-POET HONOURED: Noted poet Lal Singh Dil was honoured by Gram Panchayat, Sohora, near here, on Sunday evening(12-05-2001), with the collaboration of Naujawan Sabha and Nav Lekhak Manch Rara Sahib. The function was presided over by Jarnail Singh Sarpanch, Darshan Singh Kuhli and Paramjit Singh Sihora. Dr Gulzar Mohammed Goria presented a paper regarding the poet’s personality and poetry. Dr Gulzar Pandher, Mr Sukhwinder Rampuri, Narinder Gill, Krishan Bhanot and various other prominent poets expressed their views regarding Dil’s contribution to the Punjabi poetry. A poetic recitation was also held on this occasion.
- Sardar Kartar Singh Memorial Award to Lal Singh Dil - Ludhiana, December 15,2003-The Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana will honour Mr Santokh Singh Dhir, Punjabi poet, short story writer and a novelist and seven other Punjab writers with Sardar Kartar Singh Memorial Award. One lakh in cash, citation and memento in the form of Mr Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Memorial Award will be presented to the best writer Mr Santokh Singh Dhir. Giving this information, Dr Surjit Pattar, President, Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana senior vice-president Mr Gurbhajan Gill and general secretary, Prof. Ravinder Bhathal said that language philologist, Dr Harkirat Singh, Patiala critic and poet Dr Sutinder Singh Noor, New Delhi, lyricists Janab Deepak Jatoi, a poetess Kuldip Kalpana, Amritsar, story writer and novelist Mr Manmohan Bawa, Dalhousie and a progressive poet Mr Lal Singh Dil, Samrala, were among those awarded the award. These six awards carry Rs 21,000 each. Punjabi Sahit Akademi has started Mr Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Memorial Genius Punjabi Writer Award for the Punjabi writers less than 40 years of age this award was being given to a famous dramatist Prof Pali Bhupinder, D.M. College, Moga, this year which includes a citation and a memento along with Rs 11,000 in cash.
- Kaumantari Lekhak Manch fellowship to Lal Singh Dil—Awards: Kaumantri Lekhak Manch (KLM) has announced this year’s awards for Punjabi writers and poets. Mr Surjit Jaj, general secretary of the manch, on Sunday, said these awards would be presented at KLM’s annual “Sanman Samaroh” to be held at Kamla Nehru College for Women on March 11. “Bapu Jagir Singh Kamboj Memorial Award” would be given to Dr Swarajbir, “Dr Kesar Singh Kesar Memorial Award” to Dr T.R. Vinod, “Balwinder Rishi Memorial Award” to Mr Jaswinder, “KLM Fellowship” to Mr Lal Singh Dil. Mr Jagwinder Jodha would be awarded “Nav-Hastakhar Purskar”. A kavi darbar would also be held.
- Dil Se
Punjabi poet Lal Singh Dil likes to talk of his struggles but there is no room for negative emotions
Gayatri Rajwade
The young men love the dogs
They know not how to love palaces?
Long starved, they are leaving the
land that belongs to another
The long caravan is moving on
What do they know?
How many are tied to posts
How many burned alive at the stake
Those who cannot leave the basti
The shadows of the basti trees move on
Someone is holding the legs of tired animals
Of tired loves
The long caravan is moving on
The brave tillers of the land walk away
With the burden of shovels on their shoulders
On the wild paths
The love of the fields was murdered last night
Flames rose from the shacks last night
The caravan moves on.
Dance
When the labourer woman
Roasts her heart on the tawa
The moon laughs from behind the tree
The father amuses the younger one
Making music with bowl and plate
The older one tinkles the bells
Tied to his waist
And he dances
These songs do not die
Nor either the dance in the heart…
- LAL SINGH DIL MEMORIAL FORUM —–A manch under the name and style of Lal Singh Dil Yaadgiri manch, has been formed by prominent citizens, writers, intellectuals to build a symbol of remembrance in the memory of Swargi Lal Singh Dill, a noted Punjabi writer, who died on August 14. N.K. Sharma will be the president, Ashwani Bhardwaj as VP, Jagdeesh Neelon general secretary, B.L. Saddi as finance secretary and Sangat Singh Sekhon will be the press secretary.
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- Lal Singh Dil-Samikhya ate Sidhant- book of criticism by Dr S. Tarsem
Dr Harbhajan Singh’s article in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) on Lal Singh Dil’s book BAHUT SAARE SURAJ
afpxy simaF df cricq lyK, mrhUm hirBjn isMG vloN – QoVHf smF pihlF ivCVy lok-kvI lfl isMG idl dI ikqfb “bhuq sfry sUrj” df ivsLlysLx kridaF iliKaf sI.
lfl isMG ‘idl’
“CyVo CyVo idl dIaF gwlF
kro ikqy koeI hwlf guwlf”
lyKk:
hirBjn isMG
purfxy qy ssqy kpiVaF dI mihk
ssqy sfbx krIm `c mihkdI
ies qoN vwzI ÉuÈI koeI iPr nhIN aFvdI
ienHF pMgqIaF dI siqh ivc kuJ vI qF aYsf nhIN ijs ƒ hsIn ikhf jf sky, qF vI myry hI Dur zUMG ivc puiVaf hoieaf kMzf cuBk mfrdf hY. ies sqrHF iksy ÊrIb kuVI dy ivafh dI gwl suxfAuNdIaF. Aus df ivafh purfxy-ssiqaF kpiVaF `c huMdf hY. Auhƒ sjfieaf-sMgfiraF vI ssqy sfbx krIm nfl jFdf hY. Aus dy vwzy duK-sfgr ivc bs eynf ku suK df jËIrf hY. ieh pMgqIaF mYƒ afpxIaF hI aMg sfk lgdIaF hn ijnHF qoN, pqf nhIN iks mËbUrI vs mYN ivCiVaf hoieaf hF. Ausy acyq mjbUrI df pRyiraf mYN ienHF qoN KihVf CuzfAux leI, afpxf mn iksy hor pfsy moVn leI, ies ‘ikqfby ssqI mihk` df aglf vrkf Poldf hF. Aus vrky qy bs eynf hI iliKaf hY:
ieh gwl dwsI jfey
jy dUjy sqfry dy lokF ƒ
pwQr ho jfvx
nf muV AuTx
pÈUaF ƒ ies df jy anuBv ho jfey
jMglF ƒ nws jfvx
mnuwKqf qoN zrdy cIÉdy
rUh-klbUq ivcoN iek JuxJuxI cIr pfAuNdI lMG jFdI hY. ssqy kfÊj qy iliKaf ieh sunyhf bVy mihMgy muwl df hY. kOVy duK ivc ilKIaF ieh pMgqIaF mYN Èrmsfr ho ky pVHdf hF. pihlI Èrm qF mYƒ ies gwl dI afAuNdI hY ik mYN vDIaf kivqf leI acyq hI vDIaf kfÊj-CpfeI dI mMg ikAuN krn lwg ipaf hF. mYlI lukfeI ƒ pRgtfAux vflI ilKq df muhFdrf vI mYlf ikAuN nf hovy? mYƒ jfpdf hY mYN iksy ‘dUjy sqfry` df bMdf hF qy pwQr ho cuwkf hF. afpxy sqfry lokF dy pRmfixk duwK qoN dUr. myry aMdroN Auh ihMsf Éqm ho cuwkI hY ijs krky iksy dUjy dy duK df kMzf vI afpxI awzI ivc puV skdf hY. lfl isMG idl dIaF ieh iswD pwDrIaF sqrF afzy dfa mfr krdIaF hn. ienHF ivc bVf iqwKf ivaMg hY jo kihMdf qF hY ik myrI gwl sux ky qusIN pwQr ho jfEgy, pr pVHn vfly ƒ jfpdf hY ik pwQr qF mYN pihlF hI ho cuwkf hY, hux mYƒ afpxI pQrfeI mnuwKqf ƒ muV bhfl krn cfhIdf hY. mYN afpxI DrqI dI pRmfixk ‘mnuwKqf qoN zrdy cIÉdy`, ‘jMgl ƒ nws` afey pÈUaF ivcoN hF qy mYƒ muV afpxy ipMz vwl muVx df afhr-pfhr krnf cfhIdf hY, afpxy BoNa-mMzly dy idmfÊI jËbfqI pwDr qk muV apVx leI sucyq Auprflf krnf cfhIdf hY. iesy leI qF mYƒ jfipaf sI ik ieh kivqfvF anMd nhIN dyNdIaF, Èrm pYdf krdIaF. anMd dyx vflIaF kivqfvF iËMdgI ƒ afpxI itkI QF qy sgoN hor itkf dyNdIaF hn. Èrmsfr krn vflIaF nËmF bMdy ƒ afpxI QfAuN putdIaF hn, afpxy afp dI nvIN AusfrI leI vMgfrdIaF hn.
ijs imwtI nfl mnuwK dI nvIN AusfrI hoxI hY, Aus ƒ lfl isMG idl dIaF awKF QfxI vyKx df jqn krnf cfhuMdf hF. dunIaF dI kivqf ivc lgBg nwby ÌI sdI iËkr aOrq df hY. hux qk hr QF Èfier aOrq leI hwsdf, aOrq leI roNdf, Auhdy leI jIAuNdf, lVdf qy mrdf irhf hY. aOrq dy aYsy sMGxy iËkr ny hI sfzI kivqf ƒ ilËilËf kr idqf hY. aOrq sMsfr Br dI kivqf dI mUl iekfeI, pRfQimk imwtI hY. lfl isMG ny vI aOrq df iËkr bVI Bfvukqf nfl kIqf hY, pr AuhdI Bfvukqf ivc ilËilËypn df pRvyÈ nhIN. AuhdI Bfvukqf pMjfbI-kfiv-ivrsy ivcoN imlI ilËilËIaq qoN eydF hI mukq hY ijvyN Auhdf iËhn ijvyN hY-iqvyN-itikaf rhy df acyq pRcfr krn vflI bRfhmxI iËhnIaq qoN mukq hY. QF-pr-QF Auh bRfhmxI imwQF dy mukfbly nvIaF pMcFg (cONh vrxF qoN prHf) imwQf pyÈf krdf hY. AunHF ivwcoN iek ies qrHF hY:
lok kihx ik bld idaF isMÕF qy DrqI
mYN munkr hF
pr myrf ivÈvfÈ atwl hY
ik afpxy hwQ Auqy DrqI
aOrq ny hY cuwkI hoeI
ies imwQ dI Aus ny ieko vyly kUlI-koml aqy krVI-kTor ivafiKaf kIqI hY. DrqI dI mihk aOrq dy bdn vrgI, DrqI dI ÌslF df lihrfAu aOrq dy pwlU vrgf, DrqI df pfxI aOrq dy qn-mn vFg inrml hY. ieh purfxI pMjfbI kivqF qoN pRfpq ivrsy df muwK hY ijs ƒ lfl isMG idl pCfxdf hY, pr ies Aupr Aus df bl nhIN. Aus df bl qF Drq aqy aOrq ivckfr kOVI, krVI qy kTor sFJ Aupr hY. Auh kihMdf hY:
DrqI qy aOrq dI pIV ikMnI iek hY.
imhnq dy ihwsy BuwKF hn
isqm dy nYxIN aMgfry hn
DrqI dy nYxIN hMJU hn
aOrq dy nYxIN hMJU hn
iesy leI sfgr Kfry hn
lfl isMG idl iesy koVy dy krVy pwK df bulfrf hY. mfsUm afidvfsxF qoN lY ky vysvfvF qk, BolI, duwK-sihxI qy kuJ-nf-kihxI lokfeI qoN lY ky ienklfb dIaF mfvF, BYxF, DIaF, XfnI ik vysvfvF qRImqF qk AuhdI nËr df Gyrf hY. ies Gyry QfxI lMGdy lMGdy jo vyrvy myry iËhn ivc itky rih gey hn, Auh quhfƒ dwsx ƒ jI kr afieaf hY.
DrqI dy Bfr hyT itkI aOrq qF ‘afid`- vfsx hY. jo eynI BolI hY ik Auh aiq kTor vfsqivkqf ivc rihMdI hoeI vI kUlIaF kUlIaF imwQF ivc ivÈvfs krI jFdI hY:
asIN rfxIaF sF
jMglF `c nOkr ivafhy
ieh dfqIaF
sfzy mrdF dy hwQF dIaF dfqIaF
lfl isMG afpxy ‘cusq` ivaMg mfsUm qy ‘BolIaF` kuVIaF rfhIN sMcfrdf hY. BolI gwl vI ikMnI cusq ho skdI hY, ieh jfnxf cfho qF lfl isMG idl dI gwl suxo. mfsUm kuVI afpxy bfbl dy Kyq ivc nwcdI hY qy Buwl jFdI hY ‘ik Kyq qF sfzy nhIN.` tuwty slIprF vflI kuVI afpxy Aus Kyq ivc ncdI hY ik ijs ivc ‘BKVf Aug afieaf hY.` mukwdmy ivc hfry, prfey ho cuwky, KyqF sMbMDI vI eys kuVI ƒ afs BrI KuÈI hY:
bfbl qyry KyqF ivc
trYktr nwcxgy iksy idn
bfbl qyry KyqF ivc
afpxy KyqF ivc prfey tYrktrF df nfc srl swc vI hY qy jitl ivaMg vI. drasl ‘mfsUmIaq` df hr inrCl bol afpmuhfry hI ‘ivaMg` bx jFdf hY. AuhdI ÉuÈI df ieËhfr vI kMzy vFg cuwBdf hY. sfdgI rfhIN guJloN-guMJl jitlqf dI pyÈfkfrI ivc lfl isMG idl byjoV hY. ies qrHF dI iek kivqf hY ‘kuVylI ipMz dIaF vfsxF.` ‘kuVylI iek swpxI df nF ey. sB qoN vD Ëihr vflI swpxI. iPr vI ieh AunHF dy ipMz df nF ey.` afpxy ipMz df vfsqivkqf nF dwsx ivc vI ivaMg hY. awj jo mihË nF hY, klH ƒ kfrj bx jfvygf. lfl isMG idl ivaMg rcdf nhIN, Auh afpxy siBafcfr df nF dwsdf hY aqy sfƒ afpxI iËMdgI dy Aus Kyqr dI smJ afAuNdI hY ijs df hoxf hI ivaMg hY. kuVylI dIaF vfsxF ‘jfxdIaF hn ik rfvx dy bMdy kfly kpVy pihxdy hn. iPr vI Auh kflf pihxdIaF hn.` ieh kivqf sfzI pRcilq rihxI-bihxI dy hwk jF ivroD ivc kuJ nhIN kihMdI. ieh rihx-bihxI qF Éud afpxy pRqI mÈkrI hY. mjUrI leI inkldIaF sfd-murfdIaF aOrqF ssqy kfly kpVy pihnx leI mjbUr hn, BfvyN
Auh jfxdIaF hn
ik rfÉÈ kflf pihxdy hn
sfzI rihxI-bihxI Éud afpxy pRqI dI Éqrf hY. ieh ivaMg iksy nhIN kIqf, ieh sfzI rihxI-bihxI dy ÉmIr df ainwKV ihwsf hY. ieho jyhIaF aOrqF vI KuÈI vyly nwcdIaF hn qF AunHF df nfc vI Éqry Biraf sunyhf bx jFdf hY:
EdoN asIN bhuq Coty sF
jd sfƒ igwDy dy Jurmt `coN
qIvIaF ny mfr Bjfieaf sI
EdoN nHfmy dI aOrq
sB kpVy Auqfr ky nwcI sI
Auh mUMh `c mMjf AuTf ky
jF pfxI Biraf GVf lY ky nwc lYNdI sI
inrpwK jfpx vflI ieh AukqI vI mnuwKI smfj ivclI iksy iDr df pwK pfldI hY. nHfmy dI aOrq Es koVmy ivcoN hY jo ‘gFDI qoN vD nMgf` hY. jdoN ieh bflVI sI qF AunHF inrbsqr kuVIaF ivcoN sI jo:
byr cugdIaF BlIaF
inrbsqr kuVIaF
phfVI awk dy pwqy
TIkr
iekwTy krky
imwtI dIaF rotIaF bxf ky
guwzI dy ptoly igxdIaF
jdoN Auh ivafhuxjog hoeI qF bfbl ny ‘purfxy qy ssqy kpiVaF` ivc Auhƒ agFh qor idqf. agly Gr Auh ‘corF qy rfÉÈF` dy rMg vfly ‘kfly kpVy` pihndI hY. Aus ivc cikRq kr swkx vfly nfc dI aihlIaq hY. pr styj Aupr jfx vfly nfc dI nrqkI dI ‘zrYWs` nhIN. kpiVaF ivc nwcx dI bjfey Auh kudrq dy idqy pRfQimk kwjx, inrol nMg, ivc nwcdI hY. ies qoN Cuwt Auh kr vI kI skdI hY. Aus dy ies aml ivc vI iek rmË hY. Auh nMgI nwcI hY ikAuNik Aus dy pwly swc qoN isvf hor kuJ nhIN. iËMdgI df hr dOlq qoN mihrUm ieh klfkfr nMgf nwcdf hY, ‘BFzy `coN lUx JfVdI/gfAux lgdI/idEr df ipafr. pr guËfrn ienHF klf-kfrnfimaF nfl vI nhIN huMdI. Auhdy bwcy jdoN inafxy hn qF ‘aOlfd` dI KuÈI drdF isr-pIVF sMg JulsI jFdI, jdoN jvfn huMdy hn qF ‘Auhdf puwq do QwpV nf sih sikaf/byruËgfrI dy/pfgl ho quiraf[[[[[` ieh AunHF klfkfrF ivcoN hY jo mihrUmI dy sqfey inq idn dy guËfry leI ruwKF dy swk lfhuMdIaF hn qy eynI ku gusqfKI leI vI apmfinq huMdIaF hn. ‘tfhlIaF ik ijwQoN zwky lfhuMdIaF. iJVkF dy ky mfvF lfhIaF jFdIaF.` DrqI dIaF eynIaF ngUxIaF cIËF qoN vFJIaF geIaF ieh klfkfr jF qF ‘qyrI swjx kuVI gwzI dy phIey hyT kuclI geI` vrgI koeI ÈY bx jFdIaF hn jF afÉr afpxy nMgy ipMzy dI klf ivKfAux vflIaF vysvfvF. nMgf hoxf ienHF dI hoxI hY. jy Auh vysvfvF nf vI bxn qF vI Auh nMgIaF hn. mihrUmI hwQoN (‘byr cuxdIaF BolIaF/inrbsqr kuVIaF`) jF jfbr hwQoN (‘koeI khy/qyrI mF puls ny nMgI kr idwqI`) ikqy Auh mfvF hn, nMgf nwcdIaF hn qy mrd AunHF lfigEN Bjf idwqy jFdy sn, ikqy ieh vysvfvF hn, nMgf nwcdIaF hn qy mrdF ƒ afpxy lfgy bulfAuNdIaF hn. inrol mrdF ƒ ijnHF ƒ inrol mfdf dI loV hY, bs. klH ieh nMgIaF bfËfr ivc af jfxgIaF qy iksy ienklfb dIaF mfvF, BYxF, DIaF bx jfxgIaF. lfl isMG idl kihMdf hY :
ieh vysvfvF qRImqF kuVIaF
myrIaF mfvF BYxF qy DIaF hn
qy quhfzIaF vI
ieh gAUaF pUjx vfly ihMdusqfn dIaF
mfvF, BYxF qy DIaF hn [[[
jy nhIN
qF ieh afAux vfly ienklfb dIaF
mfvF, BYxF qy DIaF hn
lfl isMG idl ajoky pMjfbI kivqf ipV ivc asloN nvyklf nkÈ hY. dUjy kvIaF nfloN AuhdI vwKr ieh hY ik Auh afpxy lokF ƒ AunHF dy smfjk pRsMg nfl joVI rwKdf hY. Auh Élf ivc ltkI aOrq, pRymkf, pqnI, mF jF vysvf dI gwl nhIN krdf, ienHF sBnF dy nfl nfl qurdf hY ienHF dI mihrUmI df cfnx-Gyrf, ienHF dy ivgocy df hflf, ienHF df pirvfr. imsfl vjoN AuhdI nËr ivc pMjfb ‘ruwKF ivc iGry ipMzF` jF ‘Gfh dIaF pMzF hyT` isvfey nfl jfx vfly byilbfsy bMidaF nfl sMbMiDq hY. iesy leI pMjfb afpxIaF BUgoilk hwdF qoN pfr byhd mnuwKqf qk PYl jFdf hY:
mYlf prnf
vDI dfVHI
muVHky qy kMz df kflf kIqf Jwgf
lwqF nMgIaF
pYr pfty
kI bMgfl
kI kyrlf
pÈUaF ipCy jFdy CyVU
DUV ivc hr pfsy pMjfbI lwgdy hn
inwgr pMjfbIaq dI ieh Bfvnf qy sMklpnf Aus polI lwPfËI qoN vwKrI hY. jo bypRMsg hvf ivc tfhxIEN tuwty pwiqaF vFg BtkdI hY. pMjfbIaq dy ies qrHF dy dfavy iksy pRqwK jF proK mksdIaq nfl juVy hoey hn. ies lwÌfËI dy acyqn ivc inwjI suafrQ-iswDI df muhFdrf sfÌ pCfixaF jFdf hY. ies qrHF dIaF ilKqF aÉIr afpxy dys dy prbqF, pfxIaF, mOsmF, ieiqhfsk vyrivaF dI ksIdfgoeI krn lwg pYNdIaF hn. lfl isMG jfxdf hY ik afpxI mF-BUmI dIaF ieh kudrqI dOlqF vI ijnHF leI nhIN, Auh afpxI aiq mihrUmI dy bfvjUd vI afpxI jMmx-BON ƒ ipafr krdy hn:
qyry nIly prbqF krky nhIN
nf nIly pfxIaF leI
jy ieh buwZI mF dy vflF jhy
gohV-rMgy vI huMdy
qd vI mYN qYƒ ipafr krdf
nf huMdy qd vI
mYN qYƒ ipafr krdf
ieh dOlqF dy ÉËfny
myry leI qF nhIN
BfvyN nhIN
ipafr df kfrn koeI nhIN huMdf
JUT kdy bymksd nhIN huMdf
dyÈ-ipafr dI ies Bfvnf dy nflo nfl qurdf hY ivgocy df qyËfb-iqwKf iehsfs. ies kQn do ipCy kihx vfly dI smwucI ÈÉsIaq df pUrf Ëor hY, Auhdy nFhmuK qy hFmuK dohF qrHF dy pfsfr boldy hn. iËwlq dy isvf dys df koeI vyrvf vI afpxf nf hox krky, kihx vfly ƒ QkyvyN df iehsfs hY. kuJ vI afpxf nhIN, iks leI Audm ikAuN krF? qy Pyr iehsfs ik ijQy kuJ vI myrf nhIN, EQy hUMJf Pyr ky ikAuN nf kuJ afpxf isrjF? smuwcI ÈÉsIaq ivcoN Aupjx vflI, afpxy iswDy puwTy dovyN pfsy ieko vfr hMZfAux vflI ajyhI kivqf bVI durlwB ÈYa hY:
nFhmuuK:
kuwqy BONkdy hn:
‘myrf Gr, myrf Gr`
jgIrdfr:
‘myrf ipMz, myrI slqnq`
‘myrf dyÈ, myrI slqnq`
lok isrÌ kihMdy hn:
‘myrI iksmq, myrI iksmq`
mYN kI afKF?
kuJ vI krn ƒ
qy nf krn ƒ
idl nhIN krdf
myrf Brf, swjx, kuVI, mF, dyÈ
kuJ vI nhIN myrf
idl Ausy kihr dI kFg hoeI DVkdf hY
hFmuK:
myrIaF bfhvF df bl
nf Gtdf hY nf vDdf hY
idl Ausy kihr dI kFg hoeI DVkdf hY
ieh prbq AuTf dyvF
khI dy cypy vFg
hUMJ dyvF ieh Bvn sVkF qoN
hr QF iËMdgI dI iswD-puT ƒ ieko sfhy Aujfgr krn vflI, srl bolI ivc jitl sc ƒ pyÈ krn vflI ies kivqf ƒ myrf nmskfr hY. ies pMcfg kivqf df muhFdrf asloN nvyklf hY, pMjfbI ivc ieh pihlI vfr afpxI aduqI afb-qfb nfl Aujfgr hoieaf hY. ieh koeI byËmInf ‘jwt` hY ijs dy dMd ÌfilaF qoN vI iqwKy hn. ieh koeI ‘mujfry df puwq` hY jo jyl qoN bfhr qy jyl dy aMdr dovyN QF nMgf hY. jyl ivc zikaf vI jo GoVy dI tfp vFg nwcdf hY. ieh koeI ‘nfmHf Bgq` hY jo dfrU `c gut ho ky ictkfrI vjfAuNdf hY. ies dy bol sux ky lok BY-BIq huMdy hn. hfly qwk lok ienHF bolF ƒ aMnHI Èrfb dy hfVy nfl cuwp krf ky ibTf dyNdy rhy hn:
dfrU `c gut ho ky
awKF mIt lYNdf hY qy ictkfrI vjfAuNdf hY
sfQI BY-BIq ho ky Aus ƒ bYTf lYNdy hn
hfVf iek hor dyNdy ny
aMnHI Èrfb df
mYN afpxy Èfier dosqF ƒ adb nfl isÌfrÈ krFgf ik iek inkcU ijhI ikqfb ƒ pVHo qy ies dy vzfkfr arQ nfl ieksur hox df jqn kro. hux qwk qusIN ‘nHfmy Bgq vFg kdI kdI hI ictkfrI vjfAuNdy rhy ho qy hr kfiv-rcnf bfad afpxy afp ƒ aMnHI Èrfb dy hfVy ivc Êrk kr lYNdy rhy ho. vrx-Drm ivc prvfn kivqf bhuq ho cuwkI, pMcFg surF ƒ afpxy bol Aucfrn df mOkf idE. lfl isMG idl dI kivqf ƒ ZukvF huMgfrf ieho hY:
CyVo CyVo idl dIaF gwlF
kro ikqy koeI hwlf guwlf
July 8, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Great job… Keep it up.. I have visted most of these links already.. but aggregating them at one place is reall appreciable work.
Keep it up