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दिन ढले की बारिश

Din Dhale Ki Barish

Dharamvir Bharati

1 min read 6 versesRain Evening Sadness

6 verses · ~1 min

बारिश दिन ढले की हरियाली-भीगी, बेबस, गुमसुम तुम हो

और, और वही बलखाई मुद्रा कोमल शंखवाले गले की वही झुकी-मुँदी पलक सीपी में खाता हुआ पछाड़ बेज़बान समन्दर

अन्दर एक टूटा जलयान थकी लहरों से पूछता है पता दूर- पीछे छूटे प्रवालद्वीप का

बांधूंगा नहीं सिर्फ़ काँपती उंगलियों से छू लूँ तुम्हें जाने कौन लहरें ले आई हैं जाने कौन लहरें वापिस बहा ले जाएंगी

मेरी इस रेतीली वेला पर एक और छाप छूट जाएगी आने की, रुकने की, चलने की

इस उदास बारिश की पास-पास चुप बैठे गुपचुप दिन ढलने की!

इति

Rasa: Shringara
Stanzas: 6
Lines: 22
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Free verse
Metre: free verse
Rhyme: none

The poem evokes a poignant, tender shringara atmosphere where the intimacy of a quiet evening merge with a profound, melancholic longing. A painting of this scene would depict a couple sitting in hushed proximity against a backdrop of a rain-drenched, verdant landscape, with the subtle curve of the beloved’s neck and downcast, shell-like eyelids mirrored by the violent, internal churn of a restless sea. The central metaphor of a wrecked ship searching for lost coral islands symbolizes a fragile, transient connection, suggesting a love that is both a refuge and a casualty of shifting tides. The artistic tone is one of bittersweet fragility, capturing the quiet desperation of two souls clinging to a momentary, rain-swept presence before the inevitable ebb of time washes their footprints from the shore.

दिन ढले की बारिश (Din Dhale Ki Barish), by Dharamvir Bharati runs to 22 lines across 6 stanzas, set as Six irregular stanzas with deep emotional and marine imagery.. Its governing rasa is Shringara, shaded by Karuna. The metre is free verse. Rhyme falls as none.

It belongs to the 1926 · 1997 span of Dharamvir Bharati's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for ढलती शाम की बारिश में प्रियतम की उपस्थिति और विरह का अहसास and क्षणभंगुर मिलन और स्मृतियों के छूट जाने का भय. 2 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Nala and Damayanti in the Forest: Bathed in a warm, subdued palette of sandy ochres, muted taupes, and soft creams, the landscape emanates a quiet, melancholy intimacy infused with tender devotion. In the stillness of a secluded forest grove, the exiled…

Words worth pausing on

बलखाई: बल खाती हुई या लहराती हुई
प्रवालद्वीप: मूँगे का द्वीप

Threads

Rain Evening Sadness

The Poet

धर्मवीर भारती

Dharamvir Bharati

1926 · 1997

Dharamvir Bharati was the defining architect of post independence Hindi literature. Born in 1926 in Allahabad, he seamlessly mastered the roles of a poet, novelist, playwright, and highly influential editor. As the chief editor of the legendary magazine Dharmyug, he shaped the reading habits of an entire generation and set the gold standard for Hindi journalism. His literary output is nothing short of monumental. In Andha Yug, his masterful verse play written in the aftermath of the partition, he used the final days of the Mahabharata war to explore the devastating moral collapse of the modern world. Meanwhile, his poetry collection Kanupriya reimagined the love of Radha and Krishna with breathtaking psychological intimacy. Whether writing sweeping tragedies or the iconic romantic novel Gunahon Ka Devta, Bharati brought an unprecedented intellectual elegance to Hindi. Awarded the Padma Shri and the Sahitya Akademi Award, he died in 1997. He left behind a cultural legacy that permanently elevated the intellectual dignity of the Hindi language.