शृंगार· Shringara
01जाने कब से है मिरे कांधों पर
Jaane Kab Se Hai Mire Kaandhon Par
Om Prabhakar
6 verses · ~9 lines · 1 min
Shringara
ख़्वाब में तो यहीं कहीं देखा
Khwab Mein To Yahin Kahin Dekha
Om Prabhakar 1 min read 6 versesख़्वाबdreamस्मृति
6 verses · ~1 min
ख़्वाब में यहीं कहीं देखा वैसे, कब से तुम्हें नहीं देखा।
था न मुमकिन जहाँ कोई मंज़र मैंने शायद तुम्हें वहीं देखा।
मैंने तुमको तुम्हीं में देखा है और किसी में कभी नहीं देखा।
टुक ख़यालों में, टुक सराबों में टुक उफ़क में कहीं नहीं देखा।
उन दिनों भी यहीं थे, दिल की जगह लौटकर आज फिर यहीं देखा।
शब्दार्थ: टुक=थोड़ा; सराब-मृगमरीचिका; उफ़क=क्षितिज
इति
The Poet
ओम प्रभाकर
Om Prabhakar
1935 · 2005
Om Narayan Awasthi, known to the literary world as Om Prabhakar, was born in 1941. He carved a unique space for himself by moving fluidly across the boundaries of Hindi poetry, Urdu ghazals, and critical literature. While many poets confined themselves to a single tradition, Prabhakar merged the lyricism of the ghazal with the grounded vocabulary of modern Hindi verse. His writing acts as a quiet rebellion against political apathy and social decay. Rather than relying on loud sloganeering, his poems and ghazals use understated irony to expose the contradictions of contemporary life. He also produced significant literary criticism, including works analyzing major figures like Mohan Rakesh. His verses speak directly to the ordinary individual navigating an increasingly fragmented society. He stands as a bridge between the classical poetic heritage and the urgent realities of the modern Indian experience.
Paired Painting
Echo of Love
In this evocative masterpiece, Hemendranath Mazumdar captures a moment of profound interiority, where the human spirit seems to commune with the silence of nature. The artist, celebrated for his exceptional ability to render the female form with both grace and atmospheric depth, portrays a woman whose posture suggests a gentle hesitation or a lingering memory. Her presence is suffused with a soft, romantic melancholy that defines the signature style of Mazumdar, who navigated the intersection of traditional Indian aesthetics and Western academic techniques. She stands as a bridge between the tangible world and the realm of emotion, her gaze inviting the viewer to contemplate the unspoken echoes of the heart. To behold this painting is to witness the quiet elegance of a bygone era, rendered with a brush that revered the tenderness of the human experience.
Open the viewer →
If this held you
Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Khwab Mein To Yahin Kahin Dekha carries.
