जो बीत गई सो बात गई (Jo Beet gayi so baat gayi)

2007 October 10
by timir

जीवन में एक सितारा था
माना वह बेहद प्यारा था
वह डूब गया तो डूब गया
अंबर के आंगन को देखो
कितने इसके तारे टूटे
कितने इसके प्यारे छूटे
जो छूट गए फ़िर कहाँ मिले
पर बोलो टूटे तारों पर
कब अंबर शोक मनाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

जीवन में वह था एक कुसुम
थे उस पर नित्य निछावर तुम
वह सूख गया तो सूख गया
मधुबन की छाती को देखो
सूखी कितनी इसकी कलियाँ
मुरझाईं कितनी वल्लरियाँ
जो मुरझाईं फ़िर कहाँ खिलीं
पर बोलो सूखे फूलों पर
कब मधुबन शोर मचाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

जीवन में मधु का प्याला था
तुमने तन मन दे डाला था
वह टूट गया तो टूट गया
मदिरालय का आंगन देखो
कितने प्याले हिल जाते हैं
गिर मिट्टी में मिल जाते हैं
जो गिरते हैं कब उठते हैं
पर बोलो टूटे प्यालों पर
कब मदिरालय पछताता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

मृदु मिट्टी के बने हुए हैं
मधु घट फूटा ही करते हैं
लघु जीवन ले कर आए हैं
प्याले टूटा ही करते हैं
फ़िर भी मदिरालय के अन्दर
मधु के घट हैं,मधु प्याले हैं
जो मादकता के मारे हैं
वे मधु लूटा ही करते हैं
वह कच्चा पीने वाला है
जिसकी ममता घट प्यालों पर
जो सच्चे मधु से जला हुआ
कब रोता है चिल्लाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

                                                  —   हरिवंशराय बच्चन

30 Responses leave one →
  1. 2008 May 24
    Priti Verma permalink

    hey thanks a lot for this lovely poem
    i seriously love this poem and was searching for it
    i remember half only so thanks a lot……………………[:)]

  2. 2008 August 22
    Himanshu permalink

    Hey Thanks for such a palpable poem…i can recall my school days….still can’t remember the whole poem bt definitely 1st 8 lines..

  3. 2008 September 1
    shilpi permalink

    Its my favorite poem ….thnx for sharing

  4. 2008 September 29

    I believe Harivansh Rai Bachchan has given a lot to society….
    thanks for sharing his work :)

  5. 2008 October 20
    Sankalp Kumar Mallick permalink

    I remembered entire poem, often kept humming, felt like reading it again. I was pleased to say that Priti, Himanshu, shilpi & shreeram has already expressed all i felt about this poem. Thanx friends.
    Sri Bachchan really had the power to change people lives.
    Regards,
    Sankalp

  6. 2008 November 24
    shikha permalink

    hi thanks 4 sharing this poem. I m big fan hariwansh rai bacchan. love all his poems very much…

  7. 2008 November 27
    swati permalink

    thank you very much.I was searching for this poem.I remember when i learn it in my shool.Thanks.

  8. 2008 November 28
    ram manohar dutta chaturvedi permalink

    i dont have words to admire this poem.
    i remembered hole poem in a sinle sight.
    i really love this poem.
    thanks a lot.

  9. 2008 December 17
    Alok Dixit permalink

    I would alike to salute our learned poet Harivansh Rai Bacchan Ji for his noble contribution to hindi poetry and contributing an amazing intellectual feast for the society. Also, I would like to thank you very much for sharing such an inspirational piece of hindi literature.

  10. 2009 January 18
    pankaj singh permalink

    i read this poem in class 10th. i would like thanks to u for publishing this…..

  11. 2009 February 6
    Khushboo permalink

    Really a nice inspiring poem. Thanks for putting on the web.

  12. 2009 February 10
    Varun Bahl permalink

    I am a software Engg now and around 12 years back i had this poem in my syllabus and this poem had left some impact somewhere in the core of my heart that after so many years i again had the desire to read it

  13. 2009 February 19
    mona permalink

    amazing stuuff….

  14. 2009 February 23

    hey buddy
    pleased to read my favourite poem. i was cheking on net and finally u provide
    thanks buddy

  15. 2009 March 9
    bhawana srivastava permalink

    thanks a lot for this lovely poem…….I first read this in my brothers hindi course book when he was in class IV ….ie almost 15 yrs back……and this poem really touched my soul…as time passed i forgot the words of the poem except the first two lines………and these two lines have always inspired me a lot to move forward when ever i failed…….I was really looking 4 this piece…thanx a lot again

  16. 2009 March 9
    Sameer permalink

    really inspiring poem…but just wanna say that in all situations presented in this poem, no one complains because they are not alive…they have no emotions…have no expectations…no hope….
    this is what seperates non living from living…and especially us..the humans…
    anyways…just some thoughts i wanted to share….
    but as i said its a good poem to read in bad times…

  17. 2009 March 10
    Kaushal Tripathi permalink

    Xcellent poem ………….mindbloing

  18. 2009 March 12
    surabhi permalink

    thank you ………….this poem is an antidepressant

  19. 2009 April 10
    Anuradha permalink

    This is a timeless poem.At any point of time in ones life,these lines will be significant.I am feeling really low today.I remembered this and found it on this blog.Amazing lines,when u feel that u have lost something really precious in ur life.

  20. 2009 April 17
    sandeep permalink

    Thanx a lot for posting this…..it’s ultimate

  21. 2009 April 26

    Hey there,Thanx a lot for putting this poem on the net.I desperately needed a piece for my hindi elocution in school and was searching for this poem like mad and just found it here.I luv this poem a lot.Thanx again

  22. 2009 May 9
    Gyanendra Dubey permalink

    hi friend , u have done gr8 job after posting this marvelous,fantastic,poem…

    i was living in sad moment,i was always thinking about my girlfrnd,because he is not more now,she is marreid with some one else.i was not thinking about my study and my exam,although my exam is near to corner.

    suddenaly i remember this poem and i serched it and read it 2-3 times. it is realy going to help me.hope that i will come out from that sad moment….

    thanks alot for ur hard work to put this on website, and hope that so many ppl will be get beniffited with this….

  23. 2009 July 5
    shwetank permalink

    This is one of the best work by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, very motivating poem
    for those who believe in living in past. This is very special for me for one more reason
    that it reminds me of my school days.

  24. 2009 July 8
    alok permalink

    Good work yar

  25. 2009 July 15
    mahendra permalink

    this was a good poem by harivanshray bachchan sahab and i would really appreciate if his all work is available here on the internet for the social beings to be kept alive

  26. 2009 August 5
    Ankush Tandon permalink

    excellent…………. very true……………….

  27. 2009 September 29
    GANESH MINZ permalink

    THANX FOR POSTING THIS POEM….IT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART….IT HAS ALWAYS INSPIRED ME TO REMAIN AFLOAT DURING HARD TIMES….FOR ME IT IS A POEM OF LIFE TIME…..

  28. 2009 October 7

    i really love this poem
    it z incredible

  29. 2009 October 20
    anand vijay permalink

    i like this poem very much. this one of the greatest poem i had read in my life.
    thanks to harivansh ji.

  30. 2009 October 26
    Anuradha Jaiswal permalink

    I really Love this poem………Its wonderfull i suggest every one should always learn this poem by heart.

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