RIWAAJ
THE TRADITION

Main Kyon Nahin Man pata Hoon

Ki Aaj Ke Baad kaal hota hai

Ki Suryast ke baad suryoday hota hai

Ki som ke bad mangal hota hai

Kyonki main janata hoon ki

Surya na asta hota hai na uday

Wo to sirf tanga hua hai ek khunte se

Yeh to prithvi ka ghoomana hai

Aur hai meri prithvi baddhata

Jisase surya kabhi hota hai

Meri ankhon ke samane

Aur kabhi meri peeth ke peechhe

Aur bas isiliye mujhe suryoday evam suryaasta

ka chhalava kabhi raas hi nahin aaya

kabhi mere andar se awaz aati hai

ki main bhi agar apani dhuri par ghoom jaoon

to yeh suryast aur suryoday ki shreenkhala nishchit hi gadabada jayegi

ya fir agar main sthir na reh chalana shuru karoon

prithwi ki disha ke vipreet

to suryast ki parampara hi shesh ho jayegi

fir na som hoga na mangal

na aaj na kal

sirf hogi ek nirantar madhyanh ki dhoop

aur chirantan aaj mein jeeta hua main.


Why can’t I accept,

That as per tradition every sunset follows a sunrise

That every Tomorrow follows a today

That every Tuesday follows a Monday

Its because I know

That the tradition of Sunset and Sunrise is a hoax

That the Sun is stuck fixed in its groove

It’s the earth’s rotation

And my bondage with the earth

That makes me face Sun at times

And put it behind my back on others

And that’s the reason that I could never enjoy this illusion

Of sunset and sunrise

Sometimes I hear a voice from my inner self

That if I turn on my axis

The tradition of sunset and sunrise shall get badly disturbed

And again if I started walking

In the direction opposite to the Earth’s spin

It would put an end to all the traditions

Viz.,a Sunset following a Sunrise

And a Tuesday following a Monday

And that of a tomorrow following a today

And we shall have a perennial mid day Sun

And a ME living perennially in TODAY

 

  ~ Kuldip Gupta ~

  

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