चौपाटी का सूर्यास्त

The poem evokes an atmosphere of breathless wonder, driven by the adbhuta rasa, capturing the magical spectacle of a monsoon-era sunset over the Bombay coast where the sky transforms into a living net of shifting colors. Visually, a painting of this scene would depict a vast expanse of sea and shoreline where glowing, multicolored clouds—fluttering like flocks of birds or trembling lotus petals—interweave with the fading sunbeams, casting a shimmering, kaleidoscopic reflection across the water and the observer's eager eyes. The imagery bridges tactile seasonal shifts, seamlessly fusing the chilly shiver of winter, the brilliant countenance of autumn, and the blossoming buds of spring into a dynamic celestial dance that blurs the boundary between waking reality and a transcendent dream. The artistic tone is intensely romantic and deeply immersive, as the speaker addresses the fleeting clouds not merely as scenery, but as a living emotional entity implored to wash over, linger, and rain down directly into the sanctuary of the human heart.

चौपाटी का सूर्यास्त (Chowpatty Ka Suryast), by Gopal Singh Nepali runs to 27 lines across 6 stanzas, set as Four stanzas of varying lengths with a focus on color imagery. Its governing rasa is Adbhuta, shaded by Shringara and Shanta. The metre is geet. Rhyme falls as AABB.

यह कविता 17 जुलाई 1944 को बम्बई में प्रवास के दौरान लिखी गई थी।

Read it for सूर्यास्त के समय प्रकृति के अद्भुत रंगों का वर्णन and प्रकृति के सौंदर्य में खो जाने की मानवीय चाह. 4 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Tilottama: Bathed in a luminous, transcendent warmth, the painting exudes an atmosphere of divine grace, ethereal suspension, and serene majesty. It depicts Tilottama, a celestial apsara, floating effortlessly amidst swirling…