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Madama Butterfly · John Cutruzzola
Once Again, I Was Afraid (मैं एक बार फिर डरी)
poem by
Kanika Verma
जब उसने अपने पोषण से सींच कर मुझे नया जन्म दिया
हर नए प्रेम-क्षण से मेरे अंदर एक कविता जन्मी
मेरी आँख के आँसू पोंछते हुए जब उसने कहा
मैं सहारा नहीं, साथ देने आया हूँ
मैं ठहरी, फिर संकुचाई
मैं एक बार फिर डरी
मेरे अंदर की अमृता उसे इमरोज़ ना समझ ले
जब परमात्मा की भक्ति में समाधि लगाने बैठी
उस क्षण के एकाकीपन में प्रभु को पुकारा
रब की छवि तो मेरे सामने नहीं आयी
पर उसका चेहरा हर पल ध्यान में आया
मैं चौंकी, फिर घबराई
मैं एक बार फिर डरी
मेरे अंदर की मीरा उसे कृष्ण ना समझ ले
जब उसने चेहरे पे बिखरे मेरे बाल हटाये
अपने लबों से चूमा मेरा माथा, मेरी आँखें
अपनी जीभ के अंतिम छोर से छुए मेरे गाल
उसके होंठ जब मेरे लबों पर निशाँ बनाने लगे
मैं शरमाई, फिर मुस्कुराई
मैं एक बार फिर डरी
मेरे अंदर की जूलीएट उसे रोमीओ ना समझ ले
- डा० कनिका वर्मा
When he nurtured me with his care
and gave me a new birth,
with every fresh moment of love
a poem was born inside me.
Wiping the tears from my eyes,
he said: “I haven’t come to be your crutch,
but to walk by your side,”
I paused, then withdrew in hesitation.
Once again, I was afraid
lest the Amrita within me mistake him for Imroz.
When I sat in meditation,
immersed in devotion to the Divine,
calling out to God in that moment of solitude,
The image of the Lord
did not appear before me;
instead, his face
returned to my thoughts again and again.
I startled, then trembled with unease.
Once again, I was afraid
lest the Meera within me mistake him for Krishna.
When he brushed away
the hair scattered across my face,
kissing my forehead
and my eyes with his lips,
when the furthest edge of his tongue
touched my cheeks,
when his lips began leaving
their marks upon mine
I blushed, then I smiled
Once again, I was afraid
lest the Juliet within me mistake him for Romeo.
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