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सूरज देर से निकला

Suraj Der Se Nikala

Pratibha Saxena

1 min read 5 versesSun Morning Love

5 verses · ~1 min

आज सूरज रोज से कुछ देर से निकला! लो, तुम्हारी हो गई सच बात, सूरज देर से निकला!

कुछ लगा ऐसा कि लम्बी हो गई है रात! और रुक सी गई, तारों की चढी बारात . धीमी पड़ गई चलती हुई हर साँस, सूरज देर से निकला!

घड़ी धीरे चल रही, कुछ सोचता सा काल धर रहा है धरा पर हर पग सम्हाल-सम्हाल! बँधा किसकी बाँह में आकाश, सूरज देर से निकला!

अर्ध-निद्रा या कि सपनों की कुहक- माया नेह-भीगे मृदुल स्वर लोरी सुनाते थे, अनसुने से गीत रह-रह गूँज जाते थे! हर नियम अलसा गया है आज, सूरज देर से निकला!

देर तक अपना मुझे टेरा किया कोई! लगा सारी रात मैं बिल्कुल नहीं सोई! फिर कुहासा दृष्टि को बाँधे रहा ऐसा, कि सूरज देर से निकला!

इति

Rasa: Shringara
Stanzas: 5
Lines: 28
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Free verse
Metre: free verse
Rhyme: irregular

The poem evokes an intimate, languidly romantic atmosphere bathed in the dreamy, half-waking mist of a delayed dawn. Visually, a painting of this scene would depict a quiet, fog-draped landscape where time seems suspended—perhaps showing a lingering nighttime sky where reluctant stars still mingle with a soft, pale morning light, and personified Time itself steps delicately and cautiously upon the earth. Symbolically, the sluggish sun and the stretched-out night capture the delightful disorientation of a lover who has spent the dark hours entranced by sweet thoughts and phantom voices, rendering all natural laws lazy and subservient to the embrace of love. The overall artistic tone is tender, deeply reflective, and gently spellbound, blending the tactile chill of morning fog with the warm, lingering ache of romantic devotion.

सूरज देर से निकला (Suraj Der Se Nikala), by Pratibha Saxena runs to 28 lines across 5 stanzas, set as Five short stanzas with a repeating refrain.. Its governing rasa is Shringara, shaded by Shanta. The metre is free verse. Rhyme falls as irregular.

Read it for प्रियतम के प्रभाव से समय की गति का धीमा महसूस होना and सुबह के आलस और प्रेममयी वातावरण का वर्णन. 2 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Landscape at Sunset: Bathed in a serene, contemplative mood, this delicate landscape captures the quiet transition of twilight over undulating terrain with an intimate, poetic stillness. Rolling hills recede into a hazy horizon under a soft…

Words worth pausing on

कुहक-माया: जादुई भ्रम
कुहासा: कोहरा

Threads

Sun Morning Love Nature

The Poet

प्रतिभा सक्सेना

Pratibha Saxena

Dr. Pratibha Saxena holds a distinct and vital place in contemporary Hindi literature. Her work connects the rigorous intellectual demands of academia with the sensitive realities of human relationships. Born on February 9, 1938, in Madhya Pradesh, her life path took her from the lecture halls of Kanpur, where she worked as an educator, to a diasporic existence in the United States. This geographical shift is highly visible in her diverse literary output, which includes poetry, short stories, and satire. In collections like Uttar Katha and Seema Ke Bandhan, she examines the modern domestic sphere. She highlights the subtle constraints placed upon women and the shifting dynamics of family life with deep psychological insight. Her language carries a quiet and confident thoughtfulness that never shouts but still commands complete attention. Saxena has spent decades enriching Hindi literature, demonstrating that a writer can remain deeply rooted in their native culture while living far from home.