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एक बार जो ढल जाएंगे शायद ही फिर खिल पाएंगे।
फूल शब्द या प्रेम पंख स्वप्न या याद जीवन से जब छूट गए तो फिर न वापस आएंगे। अभी बचाने या सहेजने का अवसर है अभी बैठकर साथ गीत गाने का क्षण है।
अभी मृत्यु से दांव लगाकर समय जीत जाने का क्षण है। कुम्हलाने के बाद झुलसकर ढह जाने के बाद फिर बैठ पछताएंगे।
एक बार जो ढल जाएंगे शायद ही फिर खिल पाएंगे।
इति
The Poet
अशोक वाजपेयी
Ashok Vajpeyi
1941 · 2008
Ashok Vajpeyi occupies a towering position in contemporary Hindi letters as both a prolific poet and a master architect of cultural institutions. Born in 1941 in Durg, he joined the civil service and subsequently shaped India's modern arts landscape by founding institutions like Bharat Bhavan. Despite his immense public responsibilities, his poetry remains fiercely dedicated to the intimate and the personal. He views poetry as a civilizational defense against the crushing impersonality of the modern world. In collections like Shaher Ab Bhi Sambhavana Hai and his Sahitya Akademi Award winning Kahin Nahin Wahin, Vajpeyi explores the themes of love, death, nature, and absence with remarkable linguistic precision. He writes in free verse, employing a sparse and exact vocabulary to capture fleeting moments of domestic quiet or sudden metaphysical dread. His work has been translated across the globe, bringing modern Hindi sensibilities to a vast international audience. Vajpeyi demonstrates that a writer can navigate the complex machinery of the state while keeping the solitary flame of the poetic conscience brilliantly alive.
Paired Painting
Landscape at Sunset
This intimate landscape study captures a quiet twilight moment, rendered with the delicate sensitivity characteristic of his artistic explorations. Pietro Annigoni, renowned for his profound mastery of portraiture and traditional techniques, frequently engaged with the natural world as a space for contemplative observation. The interplay of amber light and soft shadows across the rolling terrain evokes a serene atmosphere, inviting the viewer to pause and reflect on the quiet majesty of the fading day. The work demonstrates a remarkable reverence for light, atmosphere, and the lingering warmth of the Italian countryside.
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