उतनी दूर मत ब्याहना बाबा! – निर्मला पुतुल
Lines from Nirmala Putul’s poem उतनी दूर मत ब्याहना बाबा! with English translation, vocabulary, grammar and three exercises for intermediate learners.
Category: Poems
जब वर्षा शुरू होती है – केदारनाथ सिंह
When the rains begin, pigeons stop flying and nothing happens anywhere except the rain. Kedarnath Singh’s ‘Jab Varsha Shuru Hoti Hai’ with English translation.
Nature Poetry Writing Activity
Poetry assignment: write a 15-20 sentence Hindi poem inspired by Duke Gardens, with a word bank, simile, metaphor and personification examples, and do’s and don’ts.
उतनी दूर मत ब्याहना- निर्मला पुतुल
Don’t marry me so far away that you must sell your goats to visit, a daughter tells her father. Nirmala Putul’s ‘Utni Door Mat Byahna’, with discussion questions.
हमारा रक्त’ Poem on Partition
A brother’s blood here, a sister’s there. They meet in the soil, yet nothing grows. Agyeya’s Partition poem ‘Hamara Rakt’ (Kashi, 1947), with English translation.
आदमी A poem by Uday Prakash
A man thinks nothing and says nothing after death. But is death the only way that happens? Uday Prakash’s short poem ‘Aadmi’ in Hindi with English translation.
हताशा से एक व्यक्ति बैठ गया था
A stranger sits down in despair; another stranger offers a hand. Vinod Kumar Shukla’s poem ‘Hatasha se ek vyakti baith gaya tha’, with English translation.
Basanti hawa
I am the wind, the spring wind, with no home, no purpose and no worries. Kedarnath Agrawal’s playful ‘Basanti Hawa’ with a line-by-line English translation.
Kunwar Baichain (tal nahi sakta)
Kunwar Baichain’s Hindi poem ‘Tal nahi sakta’, shared as an image for poetry reading practice.
Duniya ki chinta दुनिया की चिन्ता / कुंवर नारायण
A small world, big lands, big fighters, big guns, and everyone worried about the world. Kunwar Narayan’s ‘Duniya ki Chinta’ with English glosses and a video.