मैं अकेला और पानी बरसता है

The poem evokes a profound atmosphere of viraha, or the melancholy of separation, set against a relentless, torrential downpour that mirrors the internal state of a solitary figure. A painting inspired by this scene would depict a desolate, rain-swept landscape where the lush, vibrant green of the earth contrasts sharply with the emptiness of a darkened, celestial sky, symbolizing the abandoned Alkapuri. Central to the imagery is the juxtaposition of nature’s fecundity—the singing peacock, the overflowing lakes, and the quivering leaves—with the protagonist’s existential isolation, as if the entire world pulses with a fertility that only underscores his own profound lack. The emotional tone is one of yearning shringara turned inward, where the relentless rain acts as a sensory anchor for a persistent, age-old thirst, capturing the archetypal longing of the yaksha for a beloved whose absence renders the season’s beauty a source of exquisite, agonizing vibration.

मैं अकेला और पानी बरसता है (Main Akela Aur Paani Barasta Hai), by Shivamangal Singh 'Suman' runs to 20 lines across 4 stanzas, set as Stanzas of varying lengths with a recurring refrain. Its governing rasa is Shringara, shaded by Karuna. The metre is geet. Rhyme falls as AABBBA.

It belongs to the 1915 · 2002 span of Shivamangal Singh 'Suman''s working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for विरह और एकांत की सघन अनुभूति, प्रकृति के माध्यम से विरह वेदना का प्रकटीकरण and मेघदूत की पौराणिक पृष्ठभूमि का प्रभाव. 4 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside The Banished Yaksha: The painting evokes a profound, atmospheric melancholy, capturing the deep solitude of a celestial being cast out from his home into an earthly wilderness. In the dense, shadowed forests of Ramagiri, the exiled Yaksha…