Tag Archives: Emptiness Poems for Children

Love is the essence. As retreating water leaves the sand dry, so does lost love leave a person drained and lifeless. Here is a beautiful expression by Suryakant Tripathi Nirala. स्नेह निर्झर बह गया है: सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी ‘निराला’ स्नेह निर्झर बह गया है, रेत सा तन रह गया है। आम की यह डाल जो सूखी दिखी‚ कह रही है – अब …

Here is a gem taken from the all-time classic “Rashmirathi”. Dinkar Ji abhors the animal instincts that linger just under the surface of humanity. He abhors the glorification of war by the society. No right thinking human being would want the death and destruction that invariably occurs in a war, but still at times war gets all out support from societies. …

Mine is Gopal, the Mountain-Holder; there is no one else. On his head he wears the peacock-crown: He alone is my husband. Father, mother, brother, relative: I have none to call my own. I’ve forsaken both God, and the family’s honor: what should I do? I’ve sat near the holy ones, and I’ve lost shame before the people. I’ve torn …

Love requires great deal of efforts and full involvement. It exhausts the lovers. Then if one has to go through the whole process again! It is very difficult to revisit the old lanes and by lanes of love. कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले लूँ: हरिवंश राय बच्चन कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले लूँ क्या तुम लाई हो चितवन में, क्या तुम लाई हो …

A life ends, just like millions of lives end. Nothing very important from a wider perspective. One can analyze all one wants, but the basic fact remains that one life ended just as millions do. A lovely poem by Neeraj. जीवन कट गया: गोपाल दास नीरज जीवन कटना था, कट गया अच्छा कटा, बुरा कटा यह तुम जानो मैं तो यह …

A very powerful poem indeed. When we are young, we have dreams and aspirations. Most of these are never realized. Life passes on and suddenly one day we find ourselves exhausted, past our primes even as our dreams lay shattered. This sentiment is so beautifully captured by Gopal Das Neeraj in this classic poem. The poem was also adopted as …

Parents play a very important role in every child’s life. We seldom get opportunities to thank our parents in public. But there may be events and occasions or any kind of celebration when you really want to show your gratitude towards your parents. If you ever wondered how to thank parents through speech; these thank you speeches for parents would …

मै तेरा गुनेहगार हूँ माँ मै तुझे भूल गया उन झूठे रिश्तो के लिए जो मैंने बाहर निभाए उन झूठे नातो के लिए जो मेरे काम ना आये मै तेरा गुनेहगार हूँ माँ बॉस के कुत्ते को कई बार डॉक्टर को दिखाना पड़ा पुचकार कर उसे खुद अपना हाथ भी कटवाना पड़ा पर तेरा चश्मा न बनवा पाया तुझे दवा …

Here is excerpt from a famous poem of Mahadevi Verma. Love takes root in the heart and suddenly the world looks so different! कौन मेरी कसक में नित मधुरता भरता अलक्षित? कौन प्यासे लोचनों में घुमड़ घिर झरता अपरिचित? स्वर्ण सपनों का चितेरा नींद के सूने निलय में! कौन तुम मेरे हृदय में? अनुसरण निःश्वास मेरे कर रहे किसका निरंतर? …