A Poem To Love

A Poem to love To day I am placing here a great Hindi poem of a renowned poet Translated by me as a poem which I hope would touch your mind And heart intensely. From the day I read this poem in between a play its wordings Have touched me very deeply. Since the poem is a beautiful piece of poetry by a great Indian Hindi writer, poet, dramatist and story writer I am trying to Bring its translation as much I could make from my mind without Claiming that this is the best. Brief background story for poetry soup lovers to judge the poem In light in the light of its real beauty: The heroine who was in the age of sweet sixteen was in love With someone very intensely, but his actual lover ask her to Show her love for someone else for obtaining a greater result For the sake of his motherland and the heroine tries to love Some one else, who asked a price for the same and gave only Pains and agonies to her. But, when she sees her actual love Her hearts is willing to welcome him and how- you will see In this beautiful poem: Translation of the poem of Jai Shanker Prasad a great Hindi poet. Jaishankar Prasad (January 30, 1889 – January 14, 1937), one of the most famous figures in modern Hindi literature “Intoxicated by the wine of youth, in the age of sixteen She cared only to love And to whom she should give her heart, She had no desire to know And the one to whom she sold her precious heart, Was asking a price for the same The greedy even took away The only treasure of pains and memories from her She felt dusty storms were rising in her heart And her love was coming totally unaware, She thought to sprinkle water running from her eyes to Make the path slippery So that her love may walk slowly And she may behold her love, a little more The longing of her life may get fulfilled And her hopes may get a base to stay a little more She knew all the steams of the world would be running from her eyes Making it more difficult to recognize her face As the deep sea in her eyes would be splashing water on her face” Only translation is made by me and the poem in Hindi belongs to Late Jai Shanker Prasad. Ravindra Kanpur India 29th January 2010