manisha tomer's blog

I wrote this poem in 1985 when all the nations had the ambition to become nuclear powers and it scared me…..did not know that it will stll have relevance after so many years, the only word that needs to be changed I think is ‘Yuddh’ It should be substituted with ‘Haadsa’. I dedicate this to Japan as I feel sorry for the awful disaster and  sincerely pray to God to forgive our mistakes and help Japan and the whole world ….. 

Ye Parmanu-yuddh humein kahan le jaayega?

Jale the ik din jis aag mein Hiroshima aur Nagasaki….

Usi mein poora vishva jal jaayega,

Ye parmanu-yuddh humein kahan le jaayega?

                   Abhi-abhi janme bachchon ke kaanon mein-

                   Padengi bhayanak dard ki karahein

                   Jin kaanon ka swagat madhur sangeet se hota-

                   Unhi ko sunayi dengi cheekhein!

Mritu ko pehle praapt kar chuke vyaktiyon ki aatmaayein-

Saraahengi apne bhaagya ko-

“Mukti mili pehle hi humein….

 Nahin sehna pada is dard ko!”

                   Yeh sab jaante hue bhi maanav-

                    Kyun dhakel raha hai swayam ko….

                    Maut ke mukh mein!

                    Kyun paida kar raha hai apne hi vinaash ke saadhan is jag mein!

                                                                                                                                                   Mani (Dec 1985)