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

Thursday 21 December 2017

कैसी है ये भूलभलैया



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डर  है ,

चलते चलते थका जिस्म ,
क्या रूह भी थक जाएँगी ?

डरावनी ये राहे  
मेरे विश्वास को 
क्या कम कर पाएंगी  ?

घिरा  हूँ चारो तरफ 
ऊँची दिवारो  से ,

कौन सी ये 
भंवर में फ़सा हूँ ?

कैसी है 
ये भूलभलैया  ?

जहाँ जाऊ 
वहाँ दिवार ही दिवार है  !

कौन सी इस गर्दिश में 
फंसा हूँ ,

जहां से 
रूह को निकलने का 
कोई रास्ता ही नहीं  !

ऊपर उठने के बजाय 
ख्यालों 
क्या डूबते जायेंगे  ?

ये क्या 
अंत की शुरुआत है  ?

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Oh  !
Lest the soul succumb ,
Be weary led,
To treacherous path
of Mephistophilian  Mind :
These mighty dwarfing walls,
of all engulfing vortex ;
The sliding , winding , ever-narrowing vision
To the centre 
of this wall of extinction ;
Lest that be the fate
Of this,
Someday soaring Soul of high heavens ;
To be steeped low
With this gutter's stench,
To be drenched
In murky , filthy waters
Of rotten thoughts , 
Of infernal Schemes ,
Of vulturous appetite , 
Of devilish mirth :
Oh !
Be this not,
This self's
Beginning of the End 

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Translated In Google Translate - 28/02/2024

From original "  Lest the Soul Succumb "  of  18  April  1960

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