Miscellany #6 Pain, poems by Khalil Gibran & रघुवीर सहाय

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. ― J.K. Rowling

From the Editor

The poem reflects on the pain and fears that the speaker experiences due to their deteriorating body and life circumstances. Despite their struggles, the speaker finds solace in writing as a means of escape and creating a new reality.

Pain

Here I am, my body wasting away

Trapped in a cage, my fate on display

My youth has passed in a sea of tears

Every night I'm consumed by fears

My heart whispers hate, a venomous dart

But it's time to restart and make a new start

Writing is the cure for my malady

Through words, I can create a new reality

At times I'm scared, my plans fall apart

My soul longs for home, to your loving heart

There it feels safe, a haven from the storm

But fear destroys progress and takes reform

In prayer, I turn to my God above Pleading for mercy

and endless love Can you please take away this pain?

And guide me to a life without disdain.

On Pain, Khalil Gibran

On Pain is a poem by Khalil Gibran that explores the nature of pain and its role in human life. The poem portrays pain as a teacher that guides us toward greater understanding and wisdom.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses
your understanding.

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its
heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder at the
daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem
less wondrous than your joy;

And you would accept the seasons of your heart,
even as you have always accepted the seasons that
pass over your fields.

And you would watch with serenity through the
winters of your grief.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

It is the bitter potion by which the physician within
you heals your sick self.

Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy
in silence and tranquillity:

For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by
the tender hand of the Unseen,

And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has
been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has
moistened with His own sacred tears.

किताब पढ़कर रोना, रघुवीर सहाय

"किताब पढ़कर रोना" (Crying After Reading a Book) is a Hindi poem by Raghuvir Sahay. The poem is about the emotional impact of reading a book, where the speaker becomes so engrossed in the story that they are moved to tears. The poem describes how books have the power to evoke strong emotions and bring out deep-seated feelingsरोया हूँ मैं भी किताब पढ़कर के

रोया हूँ मैं भी किताब पढ़कर के

पर अब याद नहीं कि कौन-सी

शायद वह कोई वृत्तांत था

पात्र जिसके अनेक

बनते थे चारों तरफ़ से मँडराते हुए आते थे

पढ़ता जाता और रोता जाता था मैं

क्षण-भर में सहसा पहचाना

यह पढ़ता कुछ और हूँ

रोता कुछ और हूँ

दोनों जुड़ गए हैं पढ़ना किताब का

और रोना मेरे व्यक्ति का

लेकिन मैंने जो पढ़ा था

उसे नहीं रोया था

पढ़ने ने तो मुझमें रोने का बल दिया

दुख मैंने पाया था बाहर किताब के जीवन से

पढ़ता जाता और रोता जाता था मैं

जो पढ़ता हूँ उस पर मैं नहीं रोता हूँ

बाहर किताब के जीवन से पाता हूँ

रोने का कारण मैं

पर किताब रोना संभव बनाती है।