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सुना है कभी तुमने रंगों को

Suna Hai Kabhi Tumne Rangon Ko

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5 verses · ~1 min

कभी-कभी उजाले का आभास अंधेरे के इतने क़रीब होता है कि दोनों को अलग-अलग पहचान पाना मुश्किल हो जाता है।

धीरे-धीरे जब उजाला खेलने-खिलने लगता है और अंधेरा उसकी जुम्बिश से परदे की तरह हिलने लगता है तो दोनों की बदलती हुई गति ही उनकी सही पहचान बन जाती है।

रोशन अंधेरे के साथ लाली की नामालूम-सी झलक एक ऐसा रंग रच देती है जो चितेरे की आँख से ही देखा जा सकता है। क्योंकि उसका कोई नाम नहीं होता। फिर रंगों के नाम हमें ले ही कितनी दूर जाते हैं? कोश में हम उनके हर साये के लिए सही शब्द कहाँ पाते हैं?

रंगों की मिलावट से उपजा हर अन्तर, हर अन्तराल एक नए रंग की सम्भावना बन जाता है और अपना नाम स्वयं ही अस्फुट स्वर में गाता है

कभी सुना है तुमने प्रत्यक्ष रंगों को गाते हुए? एक साथ स्वर-बद्ध होकर सामने आते हुए?

इति

Rasa: Adbhuta
Stanzas: 5
Lines: 32
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Free verse
Metre: free verse
Rhyme: none

The poem evokes a wondrous and meditative emotional atmosphere, exploring the synesthetic boundary where sight and sound blur into profound astonishment. A painting of this scene would depict a swirling, abstract dreamscape where luminous light and deep shadow intertwine, illuminated by a nameless, incandescent blush of red that defies conventional palettes. Imbued with themes of divine perception and artistic creation, the narrative dissolves the boundary between the seen and the unseen, suggesting that true reality exists in the unnamable spaces between shades. Its artistic tone is contemplative and transcendent, capturing the mystical moment when static colors transform into a living, audible symphony.

सुना है कभी तुमने रंगों को (Suna Hai Kabhi Tumne Rangon Ko), by Jagdish Gupta runs to 32 lines across 5 stanzas, set as Five free verse stanzas exploring visual and auditory synesthesia.. Its governing rasa is Adbhuta, shaded by Shanta. The metre is free verse. Rhyme falls as none.

It belongs to the 1924 · 2001 span of Jagdish Gupta's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for रंगों की मूक भाषा और उनकी सूक्ष्मता and कलात्मक दृष्टि और संवेदनशीलता. 4 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside At Last Krishna Showed Arjuna: Steeped in a mood of profound spiritual revelation and awe, the scene captures the sacred moment on the Kurukshetra battlefield where Lord Krishna unveils His boundless cosmic, multi-armed form to a reverent Arjuna. The…

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जुम्बिश: हलचल, गति
चितेरे: चित्रकार
अन्तराल: बीच का समय या स्थान
अस्फुट: जो साफ न हो, धीमा

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The Poet

जगदीश गुप्त

Jagdish Gupta

1924 · 2001

Jagdish Gupta was a defining architect of the Nayi Kavita or New Poetry movement, a pivotal era that completely reshaped the landscape of Hindi literature. Born in 1924, he refused to let modern Hindi verse stagnate in the predictable rhythms of older romantic traditions. Alongside literary giants like Ramswaroop Chaturvedi, he founded the highly influential journal Nayi Kavita in 1954, providing a vital platform for a new generation of experimental voices. Gupta wrote with a profoundly visual intellect, drawing deeply from classical mythology and ancient Indian aesthetics to explain the anxieties and fragmentation of the modern world. His poetry masterfully balances deep intellectual rigor with delicate emotional nuance. Recognized with the Bharat Bharati Award in 1998, he passed away in 2001, leaving behind a monumental legacy. He taught Hindi poetry how to look at the complexities of the contemporary age without ever losing its sense of classical beauty.