Though it has been years leaving the school, there are times I remember those benches, the playgrounds, the laughs, the fights, the lunch hrs etc etc etc. The list just goes on.
One particular thing I remember is a poem from the 4th Std Hindi text, Hum Panchi Unmukt Gagan Ke. We were asked to by heart this poem and repeat it in the next class. So as told we obeyed. Teacher explained the meaning of the poem in the view of a bird. How a free bird is seeking for the freedom though its in a golden cage. The poem was learnt, by-hearted and forgotten.
But passing through years when I remember this poem I still am able to recall the lines with out any errors. But the meaning of the poem has changed from what was explained to us in the class rooms. My teacher knew that some day the real meaning of the poem will be understood by the children who learnt it and who remember the same. Today as I relax and think, its true. Many times I think, though the responsibilities are nice and the joy given by the same is good still some where down the heart I wish for a fly in the open sky. The little is better with joy than be surrounded by more of unhealthy competition. Don’t wanna go into much depth of the meanings. I just paste the copy of the poem in this blog for a change:
Hum panchi unmukt gagan ke,
Pinjar bandh na gaa payenge,
Kanak teeliyon se takrakar,
Pulkit pankh toot jayenge
Hum behta jal peene wale,
Mar jayenge bhooke pyase,
Kahin bhali hai katuk nimbori,
Kanak katori ki maida se
Svarn Shrankhla ke bandhan mein,
Apni gati udaan sab bhoole,
Bas sapno mein dekh rahe hain,
Taru ki phungi, par ke jhoole
Aise the armaan ki udte,
Neel gagan ki seema paane,
Laal kiran si chonch khol,
Chugte tarak, anaar ke daane
Hoti seema heen shithij se,
Inn pankho ki hoda hodi,
Yha tho shithij milan ban jata,
Yha tanti sanso ki dori
Need na do, chahe thehani ka,
Aashray chhinn-bhhinn kar dalo,
lekin pankh diye hain tho,
Aakul udaan mein vighn na daalo
By ShivMangal Singh Suman
Indeed a nostalgic poem......
