When I lyrically recite stories
This is the first time I have tried to record another poet’s work in my voice. The beautiful words of Vaada Khilaafi have been penned by Rajveer Singh Prajapati.
Rajveer is a poet and writer of the novel ‘Destined Lives – Journey till the start’. He carries an equal amount of passion for Books and Royal Enfield Bullet. His friends call him Wikipedia due to his obsession with reading articles on it. Get to know more about Rajveer’s work at http://rajveerspace.blogspot.in/.
Rohan entered the party hall with a pounding heart and heavy steps. Even after six years of separation all he longed for was a glimpse of those deep black eyes and fuller lips, that one face hers. Among the various standing figures he saw Ananya – nervously pretentious of being participative among them. One glance and he drank her presence along with her need of him. They had just parted ways not hearts…
Here is my humble try at recording Teri khushboo main base khat
जिनको दुनिया की निगाहों से छुपाए रखा
जिनको इक उम्र कलेजे से लगाए रखा
दीन जिनको जिन्हें ईमान बनाए रखा
तूने दुनिया की निगाहों से जो बचकर लिखे
साल हा साल मेरे नाम बराबर लिखे
कभी दिन में तो कभी रात को उठकर लिखे
तेरे खु़शबू में बसे ख़त मैं जलाता कैसे
प्यार में डूबे हुए ख़त मैं जलाता कैसे
तेरे हाथों के लिखे ख़त मैं जलाता कैसे
तेरे ख़त आज मैं गंगा में बहा आया हूँ
आग बहते हुए पानी में लगा आया हूँ
Translation:
Concealed from the world, you wrote them
Year after year, in my name, you wrote them
During the day, sometimes at night you wrote them
Steeped in your fragrance, these letters how could I burn
Immersed in love, these letters how could I burn
Written by your hands, these letters how could I burn
Your letters afloat in the Ganga I have set
On fire, the flowing waters I have set
A sensuous poem in English and Hindi.
And the Hindi version of it, version because I have not translated but written on the same theme.
दिल टूटा धड़कने बिखरी
आँखें भीगी सिसकियाँ भारी
कापे हाथ ज़बान लड़खड़ाई
मन कमज़ोर पैर कपकपए
नज़ेरें मिली उससे
धृषय ढूँडलसा
पर कहीं ना कहीं हौसला देता सा
वो हसा दर्द से
वो भी मुस्कुराइ दुख च्छुपाए
कुछ रिश्तों के होते ना नाम
अशर्त, पवितरा पर बदनाम
इन रिश्तों का मोल करें क्या कोई
ना यह दुनिया के लिए ना दुनिया इनके लिए बनी
English Translation
Heartbroken beats scattered
Teary eyes, heaves and sobs
Trembling hands, tongue shudders
Emotions weak, legs quiver
Then the eyes meet
His form nebulous
Providing strength fathomless
He smiled pain within
She smiled too hurt hidden
Some relations are incognito
Unconditional, pious, undefined hitherto
Their value unfathomed
Neither the world nor they for each other made.