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वह मुझमें

Wah Mujhmein

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1 verses · ~1 min

रक्त मुझमें है, मैं रक्त को याद नहीं करता। अस्थियाँ मुझमें हैं, मैं अस्थियों को याद नहीं करता। आत्मा मुझमें है, मैं आत्मा को याद नहीं करता। वह मुझमें है, मैं उसे क्यों भूल नहीं पाता?

इति

Rasa: Shringara
Stanzas: 1
Lines: 4
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Free verse
Metre: free verse
Rhyme: none

The emotional atmosphere of the poem is one of consuming, inescapable romantic obsession and tender torment, rooted in the shringara rasa of longing and intimacy. Visually, a painting of this scene would evoke a deeply interior, quiet space where a solitary figure sits lost in thought, perhaps surrounded by subtle motifs of the body—faint skeletal lines or crimson undertones—symbolizing an intimacy so profound it has bypassed the physical and settled into the unconscious. The narrative implies a paradoxical ache, where essential parts of the self like blood, bone, and soul exist effortlessly without conscious thought, yet the beloved, though residing equally within, persistently haunts the speaker's awareness as an unforgettable presence. The overall artistic tone is simultaneously visceral and ethereal, capturing the poignant tragedy of a love that defies natural forgetfulness to become an involuntary, permanent state of being.

वह मुझमें (Wah Mujhmein), by Ashok Vajpeyi runs to 4 lines, set as Single short stanza, free verse. Its governing rasa is Shringara, shaded by Shanta. The metre is free verse. Rhyme falls as none.

It belongs to the 1941 · 2008 span of Ashok Vajpeyi's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for प्रिय का अस्तित्व शरीर के अनिवार्य तत्वों की तरह होना and स्मृति और विस्मृति के पार प्रेम की निरंतरता. 3 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Usha and Aniruddha: Steeped in a tender and romantic emotional atmosphere, this scene captures a moment of intimate connection and fateful union between the mythological lovers Princess Usha and Prince Aniruddha within the sanctuary of a…

Words worth pausing on

अस्थियाँ: हड्डियाँ
रक्त: खून
आत्मा: रूह

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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.