4 verses · ~1 min
सूनी सँझा, झाँके चाँद मुँडेर पकड़ कर आँगना हमें, कसम से, नहीं सुहाता- रात-रात भर जागना ।
रह-रह हवा सनाका मारे यहाँ-वहाँ से बदन उघारे पिछवारे का पीपल जाने- कैसे-कैसे वचन उचारे जाने कब तक नीम पड़ेगा- 'घी मिसरी' में पागना ।
कैसे मन की करूँ चिरौरी खाली-खाली बाखर-पौरी ऐसे मौसम तुम बाहर हो आँगन टपके परी निबौरी जैसे हैम अपने, वैसे हों- दुश्मन के भी भागना ।
हमें, कसम से, नहीं सुहाता- रात-रात भर जागना ।
इति
The Poet
नरेश सक्सेना
Naresh Saxena
1939 · 2001
Naresh Saxena holds a singular and fascinating position in contemporary Hindi literature as a man who brought the exactitude of science into the heart of poetry. Born in 1939 in Gwalior and trained as an engineer, he did not publish his first poetry collection, Samudra Par Ho Rahi Hai Baarish, until he was sixty one years old. Yet, his literary presence had already been firmly established through decades of publication in prestigious journals. Saxena writes with a unique physiological and environmental awareness. He constructs his poems not out of abstract romanticism, but from the physical mechanics of the natural world and the complex realities of modern survival. His language is spare, precise, and completely devoid of unnecessary ornamentation. Alongside his poetry, he is an acclaimed playwright whose drama Aadmi Ka Aa has been staged thousands of times, and a filmmaker who won a National Film Award for his directorial work. He demonstrates that a poet does not need to abandon the rational world to understand the human soul.
Paired Painting
Woman Holding a Fan
Painted by the visionary master Raja Ravi Varma, this exquisite work captures a serene moment of quiet introspection. The artist bridges traditional Indian aesthetics with European academic realism, immortalizing the grace and dignity of Indian womanhood. Bathed in the soft, warm glow of a fading twilight, the subject embodies a tranquil elegance, holding a delicate fan while gazing outward with profound gentleness. Ravi Varma revolutionized Indian art by bringing mythological and everyday figures to vivid, breathing life, honoring the cultural soul of the subcontinent.
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