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

Monday 19 March 2018

ये भी तो सोचो



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चंपा से गिरा एक फूल 
वो  चमेली  ने  झेला ,

चमेली खिल उठी  !

अगर तुम्हारी पलकों से 
गिरा मेरा दिल 
तो क्या दामन पर ज़ेलोगी  ?

ये भी तो सोचो 
दामन कैसा झूम जायेगा  !

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20  March  2018
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Think about this too

A flower fell from Champa

Jasmine endured that,

Jasmine bloomed!

if from your eyelashes

my heart fell

So what will you wear on the hem?

think about this too

How the hem will swing!

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Translated In Google Translate - 27/02/2024

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Monday 5 March 2018

ज़ख्म गहरे होते चले है



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अब दिल थक चुका है  ;

वो जानता है उस मालिक को 
जो बंधनो को काटता है ,

मगर मानता है उस को 
जो बंधनो से बांधता है  -

जिसकी ज़ंजीरो ने 
उम्र को जकड रख्हा है ;

और जिसके घाव से 
ज़ख्म गहरे होते चले है ;


क्या आएगा कभी 
वो समय 
जो 
मरहम लगाएगा  ?

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05  March  2018

From original "  Enslaving Master " of  25  May  1959
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My heart is weary
A heart that knows
One Master
Who delivers from bondage ,
But perforce
Obeys
Enslaving another
Whose chains
Forever cut deeper –
And whose lashes
Lay bare
Such wounds ,
I wonder

If time would ever heal .
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Translated In Google Translate - 27/02/2024
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