सुकून नहीं मुझे किसी मयखाने में
नेरा सुकून तो मेरा साकी ले गया.
जो देख रहे हो वो तो अवशेष बचा है सिर्फ
विशेष तो सब मेरा मंताज माही ले गया.

RSD

अकेला जीवन
अकेली राहें
पिता-विहीन
अकेला रह गया.
पिता के संग
परम संतोष
विश्वास, मीठी नींदे
लम्बी राते
अब बस एक स्वप्न
रह गया.

RSD

पिता तुम्हारी चरणों में शत -शत बात नमन मेरा
मैं लौटूंगा समूल मिटा के हूणों का कुल-बल सारा।
क्षण भर भी मुझे मोह नहीं सत्ता के इस सुख का
अक्षुण्य रखूँगा मगध को बस ये ही हैं स्वप्न मेरा।

RSD

आपने रोका है ऐसे अपनी उम्र को
की मेरी नजरे ढूंढती हैं बस आपकी नजर को.

RSD

ना आज के पहले इतनी खूबसूरत
ना आज के बाद इतनी खूबसूरत
साथ में बनाते कुछ,
अनंत समय तक खूबसूरत!

RSD

Hidden dip in the dense Amazon,
at its center—
unseen, unexplored.

But the fragrance travels
from north to south,
from east to west,
and fills each heart with love.

Sunrays penetrate
the thick layers of foliage
just to fall on it.

Her heart is so kind
that she reflects each ray
with a different refraction.

Vinous air makes birds, reptiles,
and ocean waves
compete to capture it.

But the dense Amazon
turns into the Great Wall of China
and protects it—
not because it is weak,
but because it makes the Amazon
unique in the universe.

Because the Amazon dances every morning
upon seeing its beauty—
a beauty different in the morning
and different at night.

Soft and silky in the afternoon,
red and introverted in the evening.

A beauty that charms sunrays in the morning
and reptiles at night.

A beauty that hugs
all hearts on this earth.

Rifle Singh Dhurandhar

How strange is life
in this century?
Husband and wife say
hi, hello, good morning, good night
happy anniversary
on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram,
not by holding a hand and looking into eyes.

So many costly gifts
Year by year
are collected in the basement.
They have not seen hot Sun
And fresh summer air.
Unable to save love and marriage.

We are earning money
To have whiskey and wine
Not to buy salt, wheat, and Saari.

Not very far those days
When we will celebrate
Our birthday in the stratosphere
While attending a lecture against global warming
And how to save plants, farmers, and the sea.

Rifle Singh Dhurandhar

जिस मोड़ से गुजरी है सियासत की नावं
उसी मोड़ से गुजरेगी क़यामत की नावं।

जिन नजरों ने लाइ है ये मोहब्बत की रात
वो नजरे हिन् लाएंगी क़यामत की रात.

वो महात्मा थे जब तक यहाँ थी गैरों की नावं
अपनों ने ही डुबों दी पहले मेरी नावं.

Rifle Singh Dhurandhar

In the childhood

I was not doing anything. 

But I had everything.

In our big family,

with just my father’s earnings. 

Now I am doing everything. 

I have everything, 

but life is not satisfied.

With my big earnings 

and a small family 

that starts and ends with me. 

I used to fight for food

with my sisters and everyone.

Now there is no one to fight. 

The kitchen is full of food, 

But I don’t have that taste in curry. 

Rifle Singh Dhurandhar