REMEMBERING POET 'AKHTAR UL IMAN " AT KANYA KUMARI

                                                                                   

LATE EVENING TIME AT KANYA KUMARI .......

Over here , I was reminded of "Be’ Talauqi " or " Dissociation ", A Poem of late Akhtar Ul Iman ...

I quote the poem with My simple English rendering ...

(Be’ Talauqi )

Shaam hotii hai sahar hotii hai ye waqt-e-ravaan 

Jo kabhi meray sar pe sang e garaan ban ke giraa 

Raah mein aayaa kabhii merii himaalaa ban kar 

Jo kabh i ukdaa banaa aisaa ki hal hi na huaa 

Ashq ban kar merii Aakhon se kabhi Tapakaa hai 

Jo kabhi Khoon-e-jigar ban ke mizshgaan par Aayaa 

Aaj bevaastaa yuun guzaraa chalaa jaataa hai 

Jaisay me kashmakash-e-zeest mein shaamil hi nahin

( Akhtar Ul Iman )

My simple English Rendering would be...

( Dissociation )

Evenings keep arriving ,

Mornings too continue their visit ,

This fleeting time ,

That fell on my head like a boulder ,

Sometimes stood in my path like the Mighty Himalaya ,

Sometimes twirled itself to become a problem that could not be resolved,

Sometimes dropped from my eyes as tears ,

Sometimes , like Poor Heart’ s Blood , 

 Appeared at my eyelashes ;

Today , totally unconcerned ,

This time moves past me , 

As if I don’t belong to the crowds 

Struggling for Existence .

(Autar Mota).

Akhtar ul iman was a successful screenplay and Dialogue writer of Hindi Cinema.  In films , He was  mostly associated with BR Chopra films . He was the creator of the popular dialogue " Chunayee Seth..Jin ke apne Ghar sheeshe ke hon woh doosron ke gharon pe Pather Nahin pheinktay" for BR Chopra's Magnum Opus "Waqt"

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