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

Saturday 8 October 1988

लम्बी थी जो राहें




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कुछ ऐसे भी दिन आते है
जो यूँही गुज़र जाते है  ;

सुब्हा होने के पहेले ही
जिसकी शाम हो जाती है  ;

ये मेरी
कैसी बेबशी की राहें ,

जहां तक पहुंचे नज़र
वहां तक ,
बस चौराहे ही चौराहे  !

मूड मूड कर खोई जो मैंने
वो
मेरी मंजिले ही ना थी
वो तो मेरी राहे भी ना थी  !

ना तो लड़कपन में खेला ,
ना मिला
धड़कपन का मेला  ;

लम्बी थी जो राहें
वो तो कट गई
सपनो के सहारे  ;

अब इतनी तो बची नहीं
की जिसे
उम्मीदों से सवारूं  !

अब तो रातो ही रातो में
मेरे
दिन भी नज़र ना आते है  !
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The Road Was Long

there come some days like this

Those who pass away like this;

before dawn

Whose evening comes;

this is mine

What helpless paths,

as far as the eye can reach

till there,

Just intersections and intersections!

What I lost by being moody

They

I had no destination

She was not even my friend!

Neither played in childhood,

not found

A fair of throbbing;

the road was long

it was cut off

With the help of dreams;

Now there is not much left

of whom

Riding high on expectations!

Now in the night

My Even days are not visible!

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Translated In Google Translate - 08/03/2024

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