Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday 30 April 1980

खयालो की यहाँ बेवफाई है


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मैंने मुरादो से शिकस्त पाई है ,

हसीनो की दुनिया में
मैंने तो
ख्वाबो से शिकस्त पाई है  !

 कभी थी कहाँ कोई मंजिल
पूछा नहीं
डगर कितनी लम्बी  ;

चलता रहा
देखता रहा ,

मन ही मन
शोचता रहा ,
तुम्ही तो हो मेरे हमसफ़र  ?

खयालो की यहाँ बेवफाई है ;

तुम्हे कुछ कहे न पाए ,
इरादे थे
ओठ तक भी न आये  ;

बहुत चाहा अफसानों ने
तुम मिलो  :

किसे खबर थी
मुकद्दर में तन्हाई है

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30  April  1980
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Think There Is Infidelity Here

I have defeated desires,

in the world of beauties

I have

I have been defeated by my dreams!

 where was there ever a destination

didn't ask

How long is the path?

kept going

kept watching,

In my heart

Kept thinking,

Are you my companion?

Think there is infidelity here;

Couldn't say anything to you,

the intentions were

Doesn't even reach the lips;

Afsans loved it so much

you meet:

who knew?

there is loneliness in fate
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Translated In Google Translate - 12/03/2024
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My only friend


My friend Horst Helle from Germany liked / shared from Facebook, the original Hindi poem :

खयालो की यहाँ बेवफाई है  [  30  April  1980  ] 

Following is my English transliteration of the same

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Vanquished by wishes

In this land of lovelies ,

I stand defeated by my dreams  .


What was my destiny ?

and , where did my path lead  ?


I just kept walking ,

kept watching ,

forever asking :

"  Are you my true companion  ?  "


Were my thoughts true

or mere treacherous treason  ?


Why did desires 

rise from the depths of my soul

-  then failed to leave my lips ?


In everlasting nights I dreamed

to hold you tight

and love you right  -

Never knowing

loneliness was my only friend  


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15  Dec  2018