बालकनी - The Balcony
This poem is for a wonderful couple.. I am sure both of them would very much relate to it. Long live fantasies of their unbound love in their balcony.
वो बालकनी जो हमारी सिर्फ़ हमारी है |
गवाह है हर रोज़ एक नई कहानी की,
कुछ बातों की, यादो की, ख्वाबो की
जो हमारे, सिर्फ़ हमारे हैं |
वकत, महकी बहकी साँसों की तरह
कभी रुक जाता, कभी तेज़ भागता,
पल पल चुनौती देता
वहशी ज़िद्दी प्यार को |
हाथ जो तुम्हें महसूस करते
धड़कन जो बढ़ती जाती
पहलू जो कसते जाते
जलते होंठ जो सिलते जाते |
और पेड़ के पीछे से झांकता चाँद
आँखों देखा हाल सुनाता तारों को |
बाकी की कहानी सुबह सब कह देंगे
वो सकुचाती शर्माती चादर, टूटी चूड़ियाँ
बिखरा काजल और सूखे फूल |
राज़दार वो हमारी,
नटखट बालकनी गुदगुदाती मुस्काती,
करती फिर से रात के आने का इंतज़ार…
चुपके से सुनने देखने को
वही प्यार, वही ज़िद, वही नखरे, वही नशा
जो हमारे, सिर्फ़ हमारे हैं |
Sorry, no picture for Hindi version. Let the imagination take on its wings.
Attempted Translation:-
That balcony which is ours, ours alone..
is witness to new diurnals of
some tales, memories and some dreams
that belong to us, to us alone.
Time, like fragrant heaving breaths
stops sometimes, races sometimes
challenging our carnal and stubborn love.
Hands that feel you
heartbeats that keep mounting,
embraces that tighten
burning lips that lock themselves.
And that impish moon peeping behind the lone tree
narrates a live commentary to the stars.
Rest of the story will be recounted tomorrow
by that hesitant shy crumpled bed-linen,
the broken bangles, kohl stains and those dried flowers.
Privy to our secrets, the mischievous balcony
waits sniggering, smiling for yet another night
to peek, peep & eavesdrop stealthily..
the same affection, same coquetry,
same intoxication & same pure love
that belong to us, just us.
Current Song:- Doori Na Rahe Koi Aaj Itne Kareeb Aao – Lata Mangeshkar
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bEAST said,
December 20, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
Beautiful.
और पेड़ के पीछे से झांकता चाँद
आँखों देखा हाल सुनाता तारों को
really loved these lines. Aap to professional hoti ja rahee hain. If you keep writing thigs like this, then wickets are bound to fall. Ismien us baechare ki kya galti. lolz
Waise why is it that love poems are somehow incomplete without the “Chaand” (moon).
B.T.Bear (esq.) said,
December 21, 2007 @ 1:31 am
Ooo I like the idea ov an “impish” moon “peeping”. Hheheehehe!
:@}
Harpreet Singh Sran said,
December 21, 2007 @ 7:02 am
वकत, महकी बहकी साँसों की तरह
कभी रुक जाता, कभी तेज़ भागता,
पल पल चुनौती देता
वहशी ज़िद्दी प्यार को|
Abhijit Dharmadhikari said,
December 21, 2007 @ 8:34 am
“और पेड़ के पीछे से झांकता चाँद
आँखों देखा हाल सुनाता तारों को |
बाकी की कहानी सुबह सब कह देंगे”…
सुभान अल्लाह! क्या कहने!!!:-)
Sam said,
December 21, 2007 @ 11:10 am
ahem!!! this ws a nice one… i’m sure the couple wud appreciate it
GMG said,
December 22, 2007 @ 12:47 am
Another lovely post!
Sorry for having taken so much time to come back here, but I will not tell you about my last weeks… I wish you a great weekend and I’ll try to come back here more often to divert from less interesting tasks!
Gil
hope said,
December 22, 2007 @ 5:34 am
Bahut sundar.. *smiles*
Kalyan said,
December 22, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
Bahut hi badiya hai….apka ek labz labz bahut khub hai….lovely words & the lines. I have read about a celebrity couple here in Calcutta whose love life started from the balcony & went on to marriage…..Wonderful reading & Here’s Wishing you a Merry Christmas & a Wonderful New Year. May the New Year bring lots of joy, happiness & prosperity in your life & your loved ones.
Vandita said,
December 22, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
WOW is the word…
i absolutely loved it
Ranjeet said,
December 23, 2007 @ 10:22 am
Super!!! Loved it!
SiD said,
December 24, 2007 @ 6:11 pm
A pinch of eroticism in the poem..
Simply loved the 2nd para..
too gud.. I am reading it again and admiring ur skills..
Pijush said,
December 24, 2007 @ 7:28 pm
Nice one, I am sure you were a good student in your class, am I right Cuckoo!!
Merry Christmas and Enjoy your holidays Cuckoo..
Bendtherulz said,
December 26, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
Will echo some of the comments that over a period of time - your poems are just coming of age…!
Loved it …!
On lighter note - kambakht hamein koi balcony hi nahin milee….varna hum bhi kuch koshish kartein likhne kaa…. :-)))
Hope you had great holidays and more to come ~
Tk care ~
AJEYA RAO said,
December 26, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
Nice
The 'Mad' Orchid said,
December 27, 2007 @ 10:06 am
Ab hum kya kahen wah wah :)..loved it
"Sunshine" said,
December 28, 2007 @ 9:43 am
bahot hi rumani hai
GMG said,
December 29, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
Wish you a very happy, healthy and successful 2008!
Blogtrotter
niki yokota said,
December 30, 2007 @ 10:09 am
what a beautiful poem!!
im so curious about your love
backpakker said,
December 30, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
lovely poem..wish you a very happy new year
Ash said,
December 31, 2007 @ 9:00 am
Happy new year Cuckoo
sandeep said,
December 31, 2007 @ 1:04 pm
hey cuckoo … are u the same one who commented in my blog?
nice meeting u … and welcome back
Peter said,
December 31, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Hi, just dropped by to wish you a Happy New Year!! (Will resume my “normal” blogging activities soon.)
K M F said,
December 31, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
beautifull
Happy new year
Peter said,
January 1, 2008 @ 10:16 am
We have no reached the new year and I have made my first post of the year … and taken the time to read the poem! A very original and to me different style… I liked it a lot! All the best, Cuckoo!!
Hazel Dream said,
January 1, 2008 @ 6:55 pm
Happy new year lady , hope yu remember me
Guruprasad said,
January 2, 2008 @ 5:15 am
the english translations of any poem can never capture the mood and the angst of the original. this is proven even in your poem, even though you yuorself have written the english translation!
i think everybody would agree that you can now officialy be called a ‘kaviyatri’ or a ‘poetess’ (is there a word like that?)
punchagan said,
January 2, 2008 @ 8:49 am
interesting poem!
an equally interesting blog too!
*~*{Sameera}*~* said,
January 2, 2008 @ 8:47 pm
Nice poem that was.Happy New Year!
You have an award at my place
http://desiduck.blogspot.com/2007/12/ninth-thoughtful-thought.html
Ankur Gupta said,
January 3, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
आपकी कवितायें बेहद मीठी होती हैं. और उनका हिंदी अंग्रेजी रूपांतरण गजब का है. हमने एक नया नया फ़ोरम शुरू किया है. आप वहां भी अपनी कवितायें पोस्ट कर सकती हैं. आपकी कविताओं से फ़ोरम में चार चांद लग जायेंगे. आपका विबग्योरलाइफ़ फ़ोरम में हार्दिक स्वागत है. फ़ोरम का पता है: http://forum.vibgyorlife.com
आप अपनी कवितायें फ़ोरम के जनरल डिस्कशन में पोस्ट कर सकती हैं. इन खूबसूरत कविताओं के लिये मेरी ओर से बधाई स्वीकारें.
ashes said,
January 20, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
:)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :))
No photo for the Hindi version. Pardon me, but ROTFL. :)) :)) :))
Let the imagination take on its wings!!
But seriously, do you want to translate the photo as well??
(Can’t stop that grin…) Or do you think people who’d start reading the Hindi version would have the photo vanish from the English version immediately?
I wonder how did I miss the footnote there.
ashes said,
January 20, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
I believe you’d be only fair and approve my previous comment.
sabrjabalpuri said,
August 19, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
mai kho gaya khudmein
padh ke kavita tumhaari
aur kya kahoon…
Cuckoo said,
August 21, 2008 @ 1:56 am
All,
Oh my bad !! I just realized I haven’t replied to any comment here. I’ll check which ones still need a reply & do them a favour.
Sorry folks. This is what happens if one keeps getting comments on at least 10 different posts. I think I have around 50 to reply to.
Janit said,
August 30, 2009 @ 8:44 pm
Bahut bahut sundar poem hai aapki. Thoda eroticism bhi hai but you have put it very subtly.
wah wah. main aapke poems ka fan ho gaya hu. likhte rahiye.