History of Literature of Himalayan, Garhwali, Kumaoni Languages

History of Literature

History of Literature of Himalayan, Garhwali, Kumaoni Languages
Poverty and Personal Accounts in the Poems of Prem Lal Bhatt -Part II
Bhishma Kukreti

Prem lal bhatt can easily be positioned in describing sadness, grief, agony, of poverty in Garhwali poems as the famous poets Confucius, Charles Baudelaire, Charles Dickens,David Olsen, Du Fu, Ernesto Cardenal, Frank Mc Court, Frederick Douglass, George Lamming, Gustavo Gutierrez, Julia Vinograd, Jelaluddin Rumi, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Michael Harrington, Maria Eugenia Lima, Miguel Hernandez, Mirabai, Muhammad Mahdi Mahdi al-Jawahiri, Muhammad al-Maghut, Pope Pius X, Ryokan, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell's , Wislawa Szymborska, Thich Nhat Hanh, for their description of sad situations of poor and the struggle, pain, social derived conditions, hunger, lowest needs but not fulfillments of those needs of poor.


१- म्यारो एक ही त कसूर च
मि गरीब छौं धनहीण छौं
उंड फुंड　हेरा फेरी की
मि तैं सद्यानी अवांद रै


२- अपणा भुज्याँ यू बुखणा छन
कै तैं बि दोष नि देन्दु मी
यू गरीब को त स्वाभाव रै
पिछने की रोठी ही वैन खै

When a reader reads the poems of Umal (A Collection of Poems and Personal Account of Poverty ) , by Prem lal Bhatt, the readers experiences the emotions as grief, awe, detachment, remorse, fatigue, indolence, depression, agitation, anxiety, stupor, dejection, eagerness, disorder, terror, trembling etc. Prem lal Bhatt expertly describes sadness in his poetries that the wealthier readers feel the pinch of poverty and its emotions .

४- हर दिन म्यरु बीमार रै
हर रात रै विधवा म्यरी
म्यरी बिनसरी पन्द्य्रौं मा रवै
मेरी रुक्म न डाल़ा फांस खै

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