English Translation of Gajendra Thakur's Maithili Poem
"शामिल बाजाक दुन्दभी वादक"
The Trumpet Player Of A Musical Band’s Accompaniments
Observing the note of a trumpet
Among the crowd of a band
Perceiving the scene of emptiness
Painted on the canvas of nature
Picture of a roaring ocean
Words of characters painted in a dark cave
No one can see the picture in this darkness
At least people can hear voice of my aspiration
Sailing yacht in the sea crossing the waves
Short of time to hear the sound they make
Viewing the musical notes of fluctuating waves
The lilting sea waves are countless
The indefinite sky doesn’t have any end
The oceans, by joining each other
Misapprehend to be endless
On the rotating round earth
An illusion of a gigantic whirl
But man triumphed over
The boundary of sea too
Measured its circumference
Is the illusion of sky limited?
Is there any end to this too?
Accept it endless unless proved
In viewing words
Hearing pictures
Crossing seas
Counting time-period-countries
Left viewing the
Pictures of the dark cave
Left listening to
Roar of the seas
Can see the voice and hear the picture
A strange sage
Joining the crowd of orchestra
Turned into a trumpet player
Of a musical band’s accompaniments
Note – In the street bands in Rajasthan, many musicians do play trumpet in order but at the same time many of them just pretend to play by bringing the trumpet to the mouth. These unskilled members of a band are instructed not to blow the trumpet in any case. Such musicians are addressed as band’s accompaniments.
Jyoti Jha Chaudhary, Date of Birth: December 30 1978,Place of Birth- Belhvar (Madhubani District), Education: Swami Vivekananda Middle School, Tisco Sakchi Girls High School, Mrs KMPM Inter College, IGNOU, ICWAI (COST ACCOUNTANCY); Residence- LONDON, UK; Father- Sh. Shubhankar Jha, Jamshedpur; Mother- Smt. Sudha Jha- Shivipatti. Jyoti received editor's choice award from www.poetry.com and her poems were featured in front page of www.poetrysoup.com for some period.She learnt Mithila Painting under Ms. Shveta Jha, Basera Institute, Jamshedpur and Fine Arts from Toolika, Sakchi, Jamshedpur (India). Her Mithila Paintings have been displayed by Ealing Art Group at Ealing Broadway, London.
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