Tag Archives: Ecstasy Poems for Students

Mine is Gopal, the Mountain-Holder; there is no one else. On his head he wears the peacock-crown: He alone is my husband. Father, mother, brother, relative: I have none to call my own. I’ve forsaken both God, and the family’s honor: what should I do? I’ve sat near the holy ones, and I’ve lost shame before the people. I’ve torn …

Here is an excerpt from a poem expressing the wishes of a poor poet for his love on her birthday. आज है तेरा जनम दिन, तेरी फुलबगिया में फूल एक और खिल गया है किसी माली का आज की रात तेरी उम्र के कच्चे घर में दीप एक और जलेगा किसी दिवाली का। आज वह दिन है किसी चौक पुरे …

In this age of mobile phones, internet and emails, here is a poem with old-world charm. Old world where a hand written letter could easily light up a day, a life. Here is a charmer from Neeraj. लिखना चाहूँ भी तुझे खत तो बता कैसे लिखूँ ज्ञात मुझको तो तेरा ठौर ठिकाना भी नहीं दिखना चाहूँ भी तुझे तो मैं …

For a thinking man, there are moments and phases when he realizes that his apprehensions of non-fulfillment of his desires are the cause of his constant prostration. Here is a rebellion from the well known poet Neeraj. अब तुम रूठो, रूठे सब संसार, मुझे परवाह नहीं है। दीप, स्वयं बन गया शलभ अब जलते जलते, मंजिल ही बन गया मुसाफिर …

श्याम नारायण पाण्डेय (1907 – 1991) वीर रस के सुविख्यात हिन्दी कवि थे। वह केवल कवि ही नहीं अपितु अपनी ओजस्वी वाणी में वीर रस काव्य के अनन्यतम प्रस्तोता भी थे। आरम्भिक शिक्षा के बाद आप संस्कृत अध्ययन के लिए काशी चले आये। यहीं रहकर काशी विद्यापीठ से आपने हिन्दी में साहित्याचार्य किया। द्रुमगाँव (डुमराँव) में अपने घर पर रहते …

It is said that the Mughals were humbled in victory that day at Haldighati and Rana obtained a glorious defeat. Man Singh narrowly escaped the spear of Rana. Mughals by far out numbers Rana’s men. Tired and wounded Rana was headed for a certain death. At that juncture, a valiant warrior in Rana’s army, named Jhala came to his rescue. …

Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its “profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse”, he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; his seemingly mesmeric personality, flowing hair, and …

Here is excerpt from a famous poem of Mahadevi Verma. Love takes root in the heart and suddenly the world looks so different! कौन मेरी कसक में नित मधुरता भरता अलक्षित? कौन प्यासे लोचनों में घुमड़ घिर झरता अपरिचित? स्वर्ण सपनों का चितेरा नींद के सूने निलय में! कौन तुम मेरे हृदय में? अनुसरण निःश्वास मेरे कर रहे किसका निरंतर? …

Here is another famous poem by Mahadevi Ji. I love the first lines “clouds are the breath of ocean and lightening the restless thoughts of darkness”. दीप मेरे जल अकम्पित, घुल अचंचल। सिन्धु का उच्छवास घन है, तड़ित, तम का विकल मन है, भीति क्या नभ है व्यथा का आँसुओं से सिक्त अंचल। स्वर-प्रकम्पित कर दिशायें, मीड़, सब भू की …

Here is a nice poem by Prasoon Joshi. The poem is a metaphor for a person who repeated face severe adversities and comes out a winner. Prasoon Joshi recently read this poem for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in London. सर्प क्यों इतने चकित हो दंश का अभ्यस्त हूं पी रहा हूं विष युगों से सत्य हूं अश्वस्त हूं ये मेरी …