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वो हम न थे, वो तुम न थे, वो रहगुज़र थी प्यार की लुटी जहाँ पे बेवजह, पालकी बहार की ये खेल था नसीब का, न हँस सके, न रो सके न तूर पर पहुँच सके, न दार पर ही सो सके * कहानी किससे ये कहें, चढ़ाव की, उतार की लुटी जहाँ पे बेवजह, पालकी बहार की वो हम न थे, वो तुम न थे… तुम्हीं थे मेरे रहनुमा, तुम्हीं थे मेरे हमसफ़र तुम्हीं थे मेरी रौशनी, तुम्हीं ने मुझको दी नज़र बिना तुम्हारे ज़िन्दगी, शमा है एक मज़ार की लुटी जहाँ पे बेवजह, पालकी बहार की वो हम न थे, वो तुम न थे… ये कौन सा मुक़ाम है, फलक नहीं, ज़मीं नहीं कि शब नहीं, सहर नहीं, कि ग़म नहीं, ख़ुशी नहीं कहाँ ये लेके आ गयी, हवा तेरे दयार की लुटी जहाँ पे बेवजह, पालकी बहार की वो हम न थे, वो तुम न थे… गुज़र रही है तुम पे क्या, बना के हमको दरबदर ये सोच कर उदास हूँ, ये सोच कर हैं चश्म तर न चोट है ये फूल की, न है ख़लिश ये ख़ार की लुटी जहाँ पे बेवजह, पालकी बहार की वो हम न थे, वो तुम न थे…
तूर = सीरिया का पवित्र पर्वत, जहाँ मूसा को दैवी प्रकाश दिखाई दिया था दार = सूली, फाँसी
इति
The Poet
गोपालदास "नीरज
Gopaldas 'Neeraj'
1925 · 2018
If Hindi poetry possessed a single voice that could dissolve the boundary between the written word and the sung breath, that voice belonged to Gopaldas Neeraj. He moved with rare and uncanny fluency between the high courts of literary poetry and the golden studios of Hindi cinema. Writing film lyrics in the 1960s and 1970s, he achieved something almost impossible by ensuring his songs carried genuine philosophical weight while remaining luminous with melody. His songs for films like Mera Naam Joker and Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal did not condescend to their popular medium, but rather elevated it entirely. Neeraj understood with the instinct of a true artist that the deepest questions of human existence, the nature of time, the certainty of loss, and the strange beauty of impermanence are not the exclusive property of the academy. They belong to the weeping widow, the dreaming young man, and the farmer watching rain fall on dry earth. Born in Puravali in 1925, he lived until 2018. Through nine full decades, he carried the gift of making the philosophical feel personal and the personal feel universal. He was that rarest of things, a poet whom both the scholar and the ordinary listener claimed as their own.
Paired Painting
Chitra Lekha
Raja Ravi Varma masterfully brings to life dramatic narratives from ancient Indian epics and mythology, bridging the gap between classical storytelling and Western academic realism. In this poignant composition, the artist captures a tender and emotionally charged moment, rendered with the rich theatricality and profound psychological depth that defined his legendary career. Through his revolutionary press, Varma made such spiritually resonant imagery accessible to households across the subcontinent, forever transforming how people visualized their sacred epics and cultural heritage.
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