Some poems, I will never forget on my life like this one from Mahadevi Verma.
This poem was on a page of calendar where the background image of jasmine flower with due drops. I had taken our this page from the calendar and pasted like a poster on the door of my room.
When I read this, the world around me seem so beautiful. These words just jog memories of my early days filled with fragrance:
हँस देता जब प्रात, सुनहरे
अंचल में बिखरा रोली,
लहरों की बिछलन पर जब
मचली पड़तीं किरनें भोली !
तब कलियाँ चुपचाप उठाकर
पल्लव के घूँघट सुकुमार,
छलकी पलकों से कहती हैं
’कितना मादक है संसार’!
Translation through AI
“When dawn smiles in golden hues,
Scattering vermilion in the dewy muse,
As timid rays in ripples play,
Dancing light in a fleeting sway.
Then blossoms wake in hush profound,
Veiled in leaves so soft around,
With trembling lashes, they impart—
“Oh, how intoxicating is this world’s heart!”
