Originally written on: 8th of March, 2014
I wrote this poem on the occasion of International Women’s Day. I started writing poetry again after a long hiatus during that time and 2014 saw me writing some of my best works.
If a transliteration is needed, please comment about it. I will anyways update the same when I get time. I will also add meanings of the few tricky words then.
तू मृत्यु सी दृढ है, और चंचल पावन मन सी
तू नवजात सी सरल है, है संकर नव-यौवन सी
तू तेज वेग है झरने सी, कभी मंथर-मन्द है कुर्म सी
तू धीरशील है बगुले सी, है व्यग्र कभी पतंग सी
तू तप्त कभी है नक्षर सी, तो शीतल सोम आँच सी
तू मिष्ठ अगर है ईंख सी, भी कष्ठ-कटु है साँच सी
तू खिलखिलाती गुड़िया है, या तेल रगड़ती अम्मा सी
तू मिसमिसाती बहना है, या नज़र चुराती प्रेमा सी
तू है स्वयं त्यागी शैलपुत्री, या चंडी चन्द्रहघण्टा सी
तू है विलीन-मुक्त ब्रह्मचारिणी, उल्लसित ख़ुश्मंडा सी
तू उदार है स्कंदमाता सी, व कोपाकुल कालरात्रि सी
है मन-मोहिनी कात्यायनी सी,या ललित महागौरी सी
तू नौ रूपी है या सौ रूपी है, या ब्रह्म निरूप भी तेरे रूप सी
या कण कण है तू सृष्टि का, तू ही ब्रह्माण का स्वरूप भी
You are stubborn like death, and playful like a pure heart
You are simple like childhood, and complex you are like Youth
You possess speed that of a waterfall, and sometimes you are slow like a tortoise
You are patient like a hern – a wading bird, and sometimes anxious like a bee
You are radiant like the heat of Sun, Like the moonlight is you demeanor
You are sweet like the sugar-cane, Or bitter are you like the truth
You are the cheerful doll (daughter, niece), Or like the mother who rubs oil on the head
You are like quarreling sister, Sometimes you are like a shy Lover
You are self-sacrificing ShailPutri, Or the virulent ChandraGhanta
You are the absolved BrahmaCharinni, And the brightening KhushManda
You are the benevolent SkandMata, and the fierce KaalRatri
You are the charming Katyayni, Or the elegant MahaGauri
You have nine forms or a hundred, Or the painting that universe is your form itself
Or you are in every element of this earth, or this world is just a mere part of yours?