It is a great setback that our former Prime Minister is no more.
He was a great personality of India. He was great leader. He played a important role in politics of India.
He was also a poet.
Today I am sharing a incident of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
In the winter of 1988, a critically ailing
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was admitted to a New York hospital. From the hospital bed, he wrote a letter and a poem to the editor of Dharmyug, a popular Hindi magazine of its time that has since ceased publication.
“Kavya ki kasauti par mera prayas bhale hi khara na utre, kintu yeh meri zindagi ka dastavez hai,” wrote Vajpayee, which roughly translated into English as “My effort may not stand up to the benchmark of poetry but it is my life’s document.”
The poem, where he wrote of his face-off with death, was published with the headline, Zindagi ka dastavez, in the magazine’s Dec 8-14, 1988 issue and became much-discussed. Wrote the politician-poet, cryptically and philosophically, “Maut ki umra kya / Do pal ki bhi nahin (What’s the life span of death / Not even a few moments)."
In his lifetime, Vajpayee penned hundreds of poems which found their way into collections such as Meri Ekyavan Kavitayein (My 51 poems) and Na Dainyam Na Palayanam (Neither self-pity nor escape).
"Maut se than gyi"is one of the famous poem of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Maut se than gyi!
Jujhne ka mera irada na tha, mod par milenge iska vaada na tha,
Raasta rok kar khadi ho gyi, yun lga zindagi se badi ho gyi.
Maut ki umar kya hai? Do pal bhi nhi, Zindagi silsila, aaj kal ki nhi.
Mai ji bhar jiya, Mai man se maru, lautkar aunga, kooch se kyu daru?
Tu dabe paun, chori chipe se na aa, Saamne se waar kar phir mujhe aazma,
Maut se bekhabar, Zindagi ka safar, sham har surmai, raat bansi ka swar.
Baat aise nhi ki koi gam hi nhi, dard apne-paraye kuch kam bhi nhi.
Pyaar itna paraiyon se mujhko mila, Na apon se se baki hai koi gila.
Har chunauti se do haath maine kiye, Aandhiyon mai jalye hain bujhte diye.
Aaj jhakjhorta tez toofan hai, Naav bhanwaron ki bahoon mai mehmaan hai.
Paar pane ka kaayam magar hausla, dekh tewar toofan ka, tauriyaan tan gayi.
Maut se than gyi!
