This is my all time favourite poem learnt during my mid school years, which I pinned near my daughter's table to keep her morale high during the 12th Board Exam. Well, one amongst many beautiful poems and quotes.
Written by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, I find it to be very simplistically stated yet very powerful in content.
It's all about opening your mind to try. Believe in yourself and keep trying to the best of your abilities and you shall succeed. People who try never ever fail.
The poem is in Hindi. For my international audience, I've tried to bring out the essence of the poem in English.
Dubkiyan samundar mein gotakhor lagata hai. Ja ja kar khali haath laut kar aata hai.
Milte nahi sehaj hi moti gehre paani mein. Badhta dugna vishwaas isee hairani mein.
Muthi uski khaali har baar nahi hoti.
Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.
(The diver dives into the sea. He returns empty handed innumerable times. It's not easy to find pearls in the deep waters, But this in turn doubles his enthusiasm, He does not return empty handed every time.
People who try never fail.)
Written by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, I find it to be very simplistically stated yet very powerful in content.
It's all about opening your mind to try. Believe in yourself and keep trying to the best of your abilities and you shall succeed. People who try never ever fail.
The poem is in Hindi. For my international audience, I've tried to bring out the essence of the poem in English.
Lehron se darkar nauka paar nahi hoti.
Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.
(A boat that's scared of the waves can never cross the sea,
The people who try never fail).
Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.
(A boat that's scared of the waves can never cross the sea,
The people who try never fail).
Nanhi chinti jab daana lekar chalti hai. Chadti deewaron par sau baar fhisalti hai.
Mann ka vishwaas ragon mein sahas bharta hai. Chadkar girna girkar chadna naa akharta hai.
Mehnat uski bekar har baar nahi hoti.
Koshish karne waalon ki Kabhie haar nahi hoti.
(The tiny ant carries a small grain in its mouth. Climbs up on the wall, slips and falls a hundred times. The self belief in the mind fills the body with courage. So the climbing up and falling down does discourage the ant. Ultimately its efforts do not go waste.
People who try never fail).Dubkiyan samundar mein gotakhor lagata hai. Ja ja kar khali haath laut kar aata hai.
Milte nahi sehaj hi moti gehre paani mein. Badhta dugna vishwaas isee hairani mein.
Muthi uski khaali har baar nahi hoti.
Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.
(The diver dives into the sea. He returns empty handed innumerable times. It's not easy to find pearls in the deep waters, But this in turn doubles his enthusiasm, He does not return empty handed every time.
People who try never fail.)
Asafalta ek chunauti hai sweekaar karo. Kya kami reh gayi dekho or sudhar karo.
Jab tak na safal ho neend chain ko tyago tum. Sangharshon ka maidan chhor na bhago tum.
Kuch kiya bina hi jai jai kaar nahi hoti.
Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.
(Failure is a challenge, accept it, Recognize your shortcomings and rectify them. Till you achieve your dreams and succeed, shun rest and sleep. Never run away from the battlefield of struggle. Without genuinely deserving it, no one is ever praised.
People who try never fail.)
Jab tak na safal ho neend chain ko tyago tum. Sangharshon ka maidan chhor na bhago tum.
Kuch kiya bina hi jai jai kaar nahi hoti.
Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.
(Failure is a challenge, accept it, Recognize your shortcomings and rectify them. Till you achieve your dreams and succeed, shun rest and sleep. Never run away from the battlefield of struggle. Without genuinely deserving it, no one is ever praised.
People who try never fail.)
