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?
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A poets is not necessarily a sad individual. A poet certainly is a sensitive individual, who feels other people’s sorrow and happiness and articulates it in the form of poetry. At the same time, a person who cannot see anything but sadness, is a sad individual.
Yessss you got exactly what I meant!
I feel every emotion is like an overflowing cup, something that inspires poet. Maybe, sorrow is a stronger flow. Just thinking, as I am not into writing poetry and your case on this for poets comes out strongly.
I agree that it’s a strong emotion. But my point is, not every good peace has it’s origin in a broken heart or sadness.
Dukh aisa ek emotion ha jo ki apko haqiqat sa mulaqat karwati haa… kayi bar apna ap sa nayi tarha sa milate ha. Sorrow’s give us the chance to retake our actions many times to work on what went wrong in life. Without Sorrow there is no taste of happiness.
बात बिलकुल सही है, लेकिन केवळ अपनी जिंदगी में दुख दर्द होने के बाद ही आप अच्छा लिख पाओगे ये बात तो गलत है.
Agreed. It’s not correct to make a sweeping judgement of anyone in general. And you’re right in saying that heartbreaks can’t make the creative juices flow.
That is so true poets or writers must be on the lookout for interesting happenings . Could be comic , sadness or even anger. As you said heartbreak and sorrow cannot always be the source
These stereotypes around poets and creative people need to be busted. I remember a few years back a bunch of people I was meeting for the first time asked me what was my preferred addiction and when I said I don’t have any they were offended rather than surprised.
Sadly there are few people calling themselves as “poets” when they can’t even write a couplet without being under influence. And sadly, theya re getting articles written about them in newspapers and getting titles of New Face of Poetry scene of the city and what not!
While I agree that experience makes one express better, it certainly does not mean that without it one can’t write with emotion. Observing is indeed a great way to feel things one actually can’t or doesn’t.
This is a very subtle yet hard hitting reply to the labeling of poets or any artist for that matter. I absolutely agree with your views on this.
Thanks a ton!
Who made the rule that only sadness and broken hearts can make poets or writers? There are other emotions too that let the creative juices flow! Well put across! 🙂