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Naqsh Faryadi: Mirza Ghalib – Urdu Script نقش فریادی ہے کس کی شوخیِ تحریر کا کاغذی ہے پیرہن ہر پیکرِ تصویر کا کاو کاوِ سخت جانیہاۓ تنہائی نہ پوچھ صبح کرنا شام کا لانا ہے جوۓ شیر کا جذبۂ بے اختیارِ شوق دیکھا چاہیے سینۂ شمشیر سے باہر ہے دم شمشیر کا آگہی دامِ شنیدن جس قدر چاہے بچھائے مدّعا …

चल पड़े जिधर दो डग, मग में चल पड़े कोटि पग उसी ओर, पड़ गई जिधर भी एक दृष्टि पड़ गए कोटि दृग उसी ओर। जिसके शिर पर निज धरा हाथ उसके शिर-रक्षक कोटि हाथ, जिस पर निज मस्तक झुका दिया झुक गए उसी पर कोटि माथ॥ हे कोटिचरण, हे कोटिबाहु, हे कोटिरूप, हे कोटिनाम, तुम एकमूर्ति, प्रतिमूर्ति कोटि हे …

Albert Einstein said about him, “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood”. What a phenomenon our Father of the nation was! He took on an empire about which it was said that the “sun never sets on it”, and lead a whole subcontinent to freedom. That too while …

A lovely classic by Jai Shankar Prasad. Hindi is a bit difficult so I have provided the meanings of difficult words… अरुण यह मधुमय देश हमारा: जय शंकर प्रसाद अरुण यह मधुमय देश हमारा। जहां पहुंच अनजान क्षितिज को मिलता एक सहारा। सरस तामरस गर्भ विभा पर नाच रही तरुशिखा मनोहर छिटका जीवन हरियाली पर मंगल कुंकुम सारा। लघु सुरधनु …

Here is an old classic inspirational poem by Jay Shankar Prasad. हिमाद्रि तुंग शृंग से: जय शंकर प्रसाद हिमाद्रि तुंग शृंग से प्रबुद्ध शुद्ध भारती – स्वयं प्रभा समुज्ज्वला स्वतंत्रता पुकारती – ‘अमर्त्य वीर पुत्र हो, दृढ़- प्रतिज्ञ सोच लो, प्रशस्त पुण्य पंथ है, बढ़े चलो, बढ़े चलो!’ असंख्य कीर्ति-रश्मियाँ विकीर्ण दिव्यदाह-सी, सपूत मातृभूमि के – रुको न शूर साहसी! …

Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907 – 1991) was an Indian poet. His epic Jauhar, depicting the self-sacrifice of Rani Padmini, a queen of Chittor, written in a folk style, became very popular in the decade of 1940-50. पंचदश सर्ग: सगपावस बीता पर्वत पर नीलम घासें लहराई। कासों की श्वेत ध्वजाएं किसने आकर फहराई? ॥१॥ नव पारिजात–कलिका का मारूत आलिंगन करता कम्पित–तन …

Here is excerpt from an old classic from Dinkar, exhorting Himalaya the great snow-covered king of mountains (Nagpati), that stands tall and eternally on the north of Indian subcontinent, to save India from its decline. The poem seems to have been written while India was under captivity of the English. मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल!: रामधारी सिंह दिनकर मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल! …

Here is an old classic poem that many of us have read in childhood. Poetess is the Late and Great Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. Many of her other very famous poems like “खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो झाँसी वाली रानी थी“ कोयल: सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान देखो कोयल काली है, पर मीठी है इसकी बोली। इसने ही तो कूक-कूक कर आमों में …

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 …