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रुत की नई किताब-सी खुलने लगी है वह

Rut Ki Nayee Kitab-Si Khulane Lagi Hai Vaha

Shalabh Shriram Singh

1 min read 4 verses

4 verses · ~1 min

गर्मी की दोपहर का रंग ज़िस्म पर लिए ख़ुशबू की तरह साँस में घुलने लगी है वह

देखा निगाह भर के तो पलकें फड़क उठीं रुत की नई किताब सी खुलने लगी है वह

रचनाकाल: 25 अगस्त 1984

शलभ श्रीराम सिंह की यह रचना उनकी निजी डायरी से कविता कोश को चित्रकार और हिन्दी के कवि कुँअर रवीन्द्र के सहयोग से प्राप्त हुई। शलभ जी मृत्यु से पहले अपनी डायरियाँ और रचनाएँ उन्हें सौंप गए थे।

इति

Rasa: Shringara
Stanzas: 4
Lines: 6
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Ghazal
Metre: ghazal
Rhyme: AABB

The poem evokes a sensual and intimate atmosphere, capturing a fleeting moment of romantic awakening amidst the heavy, languid heat of a summer afternoon. A painting inspired by this scene would depict a woman whose presence is ethereal, visualized as a blossoming landscape or an unfurling manuscript where her very skin radiates the golden, baked light of the season. As she catches the observer's gaze, her fluttering eyelids signify a sudden, delicate vulnerability, transforming her into a living narrative that reveals its hidden secrets. This piece exudes a deeply romantic and sophisticated shringara rasa, suggesting that beauty, much like a newly opened book, carries a fragrance and complexity that saturates the air and the breath of the beholder.

रुत की नई किताब-सी खुलने लगी है वह (Rut Ki Nayee Kitab-Si Khulane Lagi Hai Vaha), by Shalabh Shriram Singh runs to 6 lines across 4 stanzas, set as Two couplets (shers) forming a short lyrical poem.. Its governing rasa is Shringara. The metre is ghazal. Rhyme falls as AABB.

Written on August 25, 1984, capturing a brief, intense moment of romantic appreciation.

Read it for प्रिय के सौंदर्य का प्राकृतिक चित्रण and ऋतु परिवर्तन और प्रेम का अहसास. 4 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Reclining Nair Lady: Bathed in a warm, intimate atmosphere of serene contemplation, the painting exudes an air of quiet dignity and refined repose. A graceful Nair noblewoman reclines leisurely upon plush cushions, holding an open book…

Words worth pausing on

रुत: मौसम या ऋतु
ज़िस्म: शरीर या देह
निगाह: दृष्टि या नज़र
पलकें: आँखों के ऊपर के बाल

The Poet

शलभ श्रीराम सिंह

Shalabh Shriram Singh

1939 · 1960s

Shalabh Shriram Singh was a bohemian visionary who deliberately rejected the comfortable illusions of mainstream literature to forge an entirely new path. Born in 1938 in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, he became the driving force behind the Yuyutsawad movement in Hindi poetry during the late 1960s. He refused to be categorized by traditional literary epochs, writing with a rebellious spirit that sought a total transformation of society. His iconic poem Nafas Nafas Kadam Kadam became a revolutionary anthem, echoing through protests and progressive circles long after it was written. Singh possessed a remarkable ability to bridge the lyrical traditions of the Urdu ghazal with the grounded realities of modern Hindi verse. He wrote not for applause, but to confront the deep social inequalities and religious hypocrisies that plagued the nation. Passing away in 2000, he left behind a legacy that continues to inspire young writers. He remains a fearless poet of the marginalized, proving that true literature must possess the courage to make the comfortable feel intensely uncomfortable.