रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे
Every Night I Meet Him
A bilingual poem from Aparichita
This poem is about those quiet moments when the moon feels like an old companion.
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
बातें करती, कभी निहारती।
कभी उसकी शीतल-शोम्य
कहकहों के आगे
मैं खुद भी यूँ ही खो जाती।
I meet him almost every night.
Sometimes I talk,
sometimes I simply watch him.
Before his calm and gentle smile,
I quietly lose myself.
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
Yes, every night I meet him.
वो भी तो यूँ ही आता है,
कभी पूरा, कभी अधूरा,
और रात चांदनी वो कर जाता।
असंख्य तारों के बीच भी,
एक अकेला वो डट जाता।
He arrives quietly too,
sometimes whole, sometimes incomplete.
Yet he fills the night with silver light.
Among countless stars,
he still stands alone.
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
Yes, I meet him every night.
आज ऐसा क्या हुआ?
थी मेरी ही मनोवृत्ति कुछ अधूरी सी?
या वो चांद अधूरा, खोया सा?
था दुबला-पतला, उदास सा?
या फिर चांदनी का हार “हसूली” सा?
But what happened tonight?
Was my own mind incomplete?
Or was the moon himself lost?
Thin… quiet… a little sad?
Or was his moonlight shaped like a silent necklace?
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
I meet him every night.
आज ऐसा क्या हुआ समझ न आया,
या थी उसकी दशा निराली?
या मैं ही थी कुछ अनमनी,
खयालों में भटकी सी?
I could not understand tonight.
Was he different?
Or was I the distracted one,
lost somewhere in my own thoughts?
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
Yes… I meet him every night.
वो तो था अपने ही जैसा,
टिमटिमाते तारों के बीच
हुकुम चलाता शहजादा सा।
या जगमगाती परियों के बीच
किसी सुनहरी कहानी सा।
He was still the same,
like a prince commanding the stars,
standing proudly among their sparkle.
Or like a golden story
hidden among shining fairies.
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
Yes, every night I meet him.
थी मेरी ही आत्मकथा ये?
या मैं ही खुद में उलझी सी?
क्यों हो रही मुश्किल समझने में उसको?
वो तो आखिर चांद ही है,
हरदम से ही सुलझा सा।
Was it my own story speaking?
Or was I tangled within myself?
Why was it so hard to understand him tonight?
After all, he is just the moon —
calm and clear as always.
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
Yes… I meet him every night.
चलो, छोड़ो… बैठो कुछ देर पास हमारे।
है जो मन में थोड़ा अंधियारा सा,
दो मुझमें भी कुछ सच्ची रोशनी।
मैं भी जी लूं…
है जो बचे तार साँसों के थोड़े से,
हो कुछ पल हमारा भी बस मेरे लिए।
Come, sit beside me for a while.
There is a little darkness inside my heart.
Give me some of your true light.
Let me live a little too…
While a few fragile strings of breath still remain,
let a few moments belong only to me.
रोज ही तो मिलती हूं उससे।
Because every night… I meet him.
— Written for the blog Aparichita
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