Sorrow – One Very Powerful Emotion
दुःख, भावना तशी अतिशय प्रभावशाली.
कधी स्वतः अनुभवलेली, कधी सभोवताली बघितलेली.
क्वचित पूर्ण गुरफटून टाकणारी, तर केव्हा अगदी नमुन्याला गोळा केलेली.
अनेक दुःखे हाताशी घेऊन आम्ही कवी,
गुंफतो कधी शब्द काही.
ते कागदावर उतरतात तेव्हा लेखणीतून उतरत नाही शाई,
उतरतात ते अश्रू, ओढून दुःखाची चादर काळी.
आजही, कढ अगदी दाटून आलाय,
बहुदा दुःख उतू जाणार थोडी.
कदाचित, आज कविता घडेल थोडी…
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आदित्य साठे
No, not all poets are sad
I have a very very strong objection when poets are labeled as “दुखी आत्मा”. No, not all poets are sad, at least not always when poetry happens. Sorrow is a strong emotion which impacts our mind. There’s no doubt about it. However, poetry is written, it’s not always from personal experience.
Poets have a gift of living someone else’s life through empathy, shared emotions and understanding, which are not limited to sorrow. We also feel the happiness of other people with equal connection. We can feel what others are going through. I wrote this piece when almost everyone in a group was saying good poetry can never happen without being heartbroken or being sad.
Hindi Translation
दुख, वैसे तो बहोत प्रभावशाली भावना।
कभी खुद का अनुभव, तो फिर कभी कही देखा हुवा।
शायद पूरी तरह से गिरफ्त में लेती हुई, या कई बार, बस छू कर जाने वाली।
वैसे हम कवि लोग, अनगिनत दुख अपने बस्ते में लेके घूमते है,
कही किसी दिन लिख देते है कुछ शब्द।
जब वो कागज पे उतरते है तो स्याही नही,
आसू उतरते है, दुख की काली चादर लपेटे हुए।
आज भी, कूछ ज्यादा ही गहरा हो गया है,
शायद दुख उबल कर बह जाएगा।
शायद, आज थोड़ी कविता होगी…
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आदित्य साठे
This is as good as accusing every poet of being in multiple relationships at same time, being famous for leaving a long trail of broken hearts behind him/her. Being heartbroken might trigger something and lead to the creation of a poem, but you have to be a poet to keep writing poems. Heartbreak and sorrow can’t keep your creative juices flowing. One has to keep empathetically observing.
So, how do you keep your creative juices flowing?
This blog post is part of ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’
hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla
in collaboration with Dr. Preeti Chauhan.
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