CONQUEST OVER DEFEAT

CONQUEST OVER DEFEAT

Can a scared canoe surpass high tides

A daunted dog prey if it hides

A fierce fighter fizzle out in the fight

The perseverant be divested of day light?

When perspiring a thousand times down does fall

A tiny food-crumb carrying ant to ascend on a precipitous wall,

Yet, it injects its self aplomb in each vein with fortitude

Ascents and descents and vice versa persist to a multitude;

But, all its endeavours bear smiles of fructification

To chant: “The perseverant become triumphant in the long run.”

A sanguine diver dips in the deep ocean

Though very often hollow handed he returns,

Yet, his verves overcome his fleet, fragile failures

Invites the fathomless water to quest for rare pearls;

But frequents not he back with sordid, sullen fists

To chant:“The perseverant aren’t damped by deterrent mists.”

Failure is a taunting challenge, take it soon on

To detect thy defects and diagnose, be ever prone,

Shun thy slumber unless the Ultimate Goal is got

Desert not the Kurukshetra until the debacle is fought;

To chant: “Eulogy trumpets blow not sine any floral feat

The steady perseverant compel defeat to bow at their feet!”

*daunted - scared/demoralized

*fizzle out - fail, end weakly, esp. after a hopeful beginning

*perseverant - steadfast in one's job/action

*divested of - deprived of

*fructification- fruit production

*verves - high spirits/ enthusiasms

*fleet - short-lived

*fragile - weak

*sordid - cheap/base

*sullen _ unwilling to smile/ be unpleasant to people

*debacle - defeat

*Kurukshetra - the battle ground of the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Epic Mahabharata

N.B: A very small effort to compose a poem on the famous Hindi poem “HAAR NAHI HOTI”. SO FAR AS THE POET IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON NET. SO, THE POEM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE POET.

कोशिश करने वालों की (Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti)

प्रस्तुतकर्ता SURYA पर 11:29 pm

लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,
चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है।
मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,
चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है।
आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,
जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है।
मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में,
बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में।
मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो,
क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो।
जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,
संघर्ष का मैदान छोड़ कर मत भागो तुम।
कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

--हरिवंशराय बच्चन

©Dr. Shankar D Mishra 28.05.2017

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