Bilingual Poem: Neelam Saxena Chandra

Neelam Saxena Chandra
THE DANCING GIRL

Hey! Dancing girl! 
From where did you get that poise?
Were you a pirouetting peahen
Born in disguise?

When I glance at your photograph
I feel that you will just come out;
Watch at my unsteady swaying,
And, to be better at my steps, shout!

I wonder about the great sculptor
Who chiselled you with such perfection;
Every expression he has captured
With so much of adoration!

Was he in love with you?
Or was it just a piece or art?
You did have something in you oh dancing princess,
That even time couldn’t discard!

I have just a question to ask you dear-
Tell me, about bangles on your arm left 
Was your choice asked, or was it sculptor’s delight,
Or you were a mere puppet?
***


рдирд░्рддрдХी

рдУ! рдЦूрдмрд╕ूрд░рдд рдирд░्рддрдХी!
рддुрдордиे рд╡ो рдирдЬाрдХрдд рдХрд╣ाँ рд╕े рдкाрдИ?
рдХ्рдпा рддुрдо рдПрдХ рдЭूрдорддी рдоोрд░рдиी рдеीं
рдЬिрд╕рдХी рд░ूрд╣ рдеी рддुрдордоें рд╕рдоाрдИ?

рдЬрдм рднी рдиреЫрд░ рдкреЬрддी рд╣ै рддुрдо्рд╣ाрд░े рдЪिрдд्рд░ рдкрд░
рд▓рдЧрддा рд╣ै рдХि рдмрд╕ рдиिрдХрд▓ рд╣ी рдЖрдУрдЧी;
рдоेрд░े рдЕрд╕ंрддुрд▓िрдд рд╕े рдеिрд░рдХрдиे рдХो рджेрдЦोрдЧी
рдФрд░ рдоुрдЭे рдоेрд░ी рдЕрджा рдмेрд╣рддрд░ рдХрд░рдиे рдХो рдЪिрд▓्рд▓ाрдУрдЧी!

рд╕ोрдЪрддी рд╣ूँ рдХि рдХौрди рдеा рд╡ो рдоूрд░्рддिрдХाрд░
рдЬिрд╕рдиे рддुрдо्рд╣ें рдЗрддрдиी рдЦूрдмрд╕ूрд░рддी рд╕े рдвाрд▓ा?
рдЙрд╕рдиे рддुрдо्рд╣ाрд░ी рд╣рд░ рдЕрджा рдХो
рдХिрддрдиे рдк्рдпाрд░ рд╕े рд╣ै рд╕рдо्рднाрд▓ा!

рдХ्рдпा рд╡ो рддुрдорд╕े рдоुрд╣рдм्рдмрдд рдХрд░рдиे рд▓рдЧा рдеा?
рдпा рд╕िрд░्рдл рдХрд▓ाрдХृрддि рдеीं рддुрдо рдЙрд╕рдХे рд▓िрдП?
рдХुрдЫ рддो рд╣ै рддुрдордоें рдУ рдиृрдд्рдп рдХी рдорд▓्рд▓िрдХा 
рдЬो рдоिрдЯाрдиा рдоुрд╢्рдХिрд▓ рдеा рд╡реШ्рдд рдХे рднी рд▓िрдП!

рдПрдХ рдк्рд░рд╢्рди рд╣ै рдк्рд░िрдп рдЬो рдоुрдЭे рд╕рддाрддा рд╣ै
рддुрдо्рд╣ाрд░े рдмाрдПँ рд╣ाрде рдоें рдХ्рдпों рд╡ो рдЕрдирдЧिрдирдд рдЪूреЬिрдпों рдеीं?
рдХ्рдпा рддुрдо्рд╣ाрд░ी рдЪाрд╣рдд рдкूрдЫी рдЧрдпी рдеी, рдпा рд╢िрд▓्рдкрдХाрд░ рдХी рдЪाрд╣рдд рдеी, 
рдпा рддुрдо рдорд╣реЫ рдПрдХ рдХрдардкुрддрд▓ी рдеीं?
***

Bio: Neelam Saxena Chandra, a 1992 batch IRSEE officer, has written 6 novels, 8 short story collections, 38 poetry collections besides 14 children’s books. She is a record holder with the Limca Book of Records for having the highest number of publications in a year (2015). She has won many national and international awards. She was listed in the Forbes list as one of the most popular seventy-eight authors in the country in 2014.

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