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

Friday 29 August 2014

" कहाँ हैं मेरी जलपरी ? "



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मन ही मनमें 
बनाया एक महल ,

सोचा भी नहीं कि 
जीते जी 
मेरी ही मज़ार बन जायेगा  !

सुहाने सपनो को पिरो के 
खुद ही बनायीं 
एक ज़ंज़ीर ,

सोचा भी नहीं की 
मेरे ही पैरो में बंध जायेगी  !

अफसानों की जाल लेकर 
माज़ी चला मज़धार 

पकड़ न पाया मत्स्य गन्धा 

जाल में उलज़ा रहा 
खुद नाखुदा ,

और खुदा  को पूछता रहा बन्दा ,

" कहाँ हैं मेरी जलपरी ? "

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Translated from original Gujarati poem of 16 June 1957
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Where is my mermaid?

in mind in mind

built a palace,

didn't even think that

while alive

It will become my tomb!

fill with sweet dreams

made it myself

a chain,

didn't even think

She will be tied to my feet!

with a web of rumors

Mazi Chala Mazdhar

Could not catch Matsya Gandha

entangled in the web

Nakhuda himself,

And the man kept asking God,

"Where is my mermaid?"

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Translated In Google Translate - 08/03/2024