Chapter – 6
Introduction
Professor Puran Singh ( 17 February 1881 – 31 March 1931) was a Punjabi poet.
Part -1 ( Poet is asking some questions to the Koel)
Koel! what lightning fell? what singed thy wings?
हे कोयल! कौन सी बिजली गिरी? किस चीज़ ने तेरे पंखों को जलाया है?
What keeps thee fresh, yet charred?
वो क्या चीज़ है जो तुम्हें नया तरो ताजा रखता है? जो की तुम जली हुई हों.?
Concealed in the mango-leaves, thou singest!
जब आम के पत्तों के बीच में छुपकर तुम सिसकती हो !
Thy high-pitched strains wake in my soul a thousand memories!
तुम्हारी उच्च तान की सुर मेरे दिल की हजारों यादों को जगा देती है।
Why so restless that thy spark-shedding notes go forth kindling fire?
इतना बेचैन क्यों हो कि तुम्हारी चिंगारियां देता हुआ सुर
आगे जाकर आग लगा जाती हैं।
Lo! The roses are on fire which winds and waters catch!
देखो ! गुलाबों में आग लगी है, जिससे हवा और पानी में भी पकड़ लिया है।
The shades of mangoes burn!
आम की छाया भी जल रहा है !
What a rain of sparks art thou, O little Bird!
क्या तुम ही चिंगारियों कि बरसात हो, ओ छोटी चिड़ियां!
Koel ! what lightning fell? what singed thy wings?
ओ कोयल! कौन सी बिजली गिरी? किसने तेरे पंखों को जलाया / झुलसाया?
Part -2 ( Answer of questions by Koel)
The Fire of Love has charred my wings, and made me a new .
प्रेम कि ज्वाला ने मेरे पंखों को जलाया हैं और मुझे इतना नया बनाया है।
I am restless! Where is my Beloved?
मैं बेचैन हूं! मेरा प्रेमी कहां है?
The sight of mango-blossoms fires me all the more!
आम की मंजारियों का दृश्य मुझे और अधिक जलाते हैं!
The greener the garden, the brighter burns my heart!
हरे भरे और चमकीलें / चमकते हुए बाग- बागीचे मेरे दिल को जलाते हैं।
My flaming soul asks, "Where? where is
my Beloved.
मेरा जलता हुआ दिल पूछता है," कहां है? मेरा दिलवर / प्रेमी/ जान कहां है ?
"Speak! speak! why are thy leaves so still?"
बोलों! बोलों ! तुम्हारी पत्तियां अभी भी चुप क्यों हैं?
B.1.1. Write T for true and 'F' for false statement:
1. The Koel is called the black cuckoo,
2 The Koel sings in the apple-leaves.
3. The song of the cuckoo brings a thousand memories.
4. The post does not become restless to hear its voice.
5. "Thy wings" means "your wings".
B.1.2. Answer the following questions vary briefly:
1. Who wrote the poem Koel?
2. What do "thy" and "art" stand for?
3. What wakes thousand memories in heart?
4. What happens with the shades of mangoes?
"O little Bird!" Why has 'B' in 'Bird' capital here?
Objective Type Questions
1. 'Koel' has been written by:
(a) Puran Singh
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) Humayun Kabir
(d) William Cowper
2. The poet asks the koel what has her.
(a) hurt (c) told
(b) forgotten (d) made
3. The high-pitched strains of the koel wakes in the poet's soul a thousand:
(a) dreams (c) memories
(b) desires
(d) longings
4. The flaming soul looks for his :
(a) beloved
(b) parents (d) children
(c) siblings
5. The notes of the are high-pitched.
(a) koel (c) crow
(b) man (d) poet
6. The sight of the mango-blossoms...... the Koel
(a) fires
(b) teases
(c) mocks
(d) chases
7. the garden, the brighter burns my heart."
(a) lighter (b) heavier (c) greener (d) darker
8. The of the koel has been charred by the fire of love.
(a) legs
(b) beak
(c) wings
9. Why is the bird so restless?
(a) Because, the bird has no shelter to live and sing
(b) Because, they are hard working
(c) They are travellers in habbit
(d) None of these
10. What chars the cuckoo wings ?
(a) The fire and love (b) The fire of love
(c) The passion and fire (d) None of these
11. The garden that burns the heart of 'Koel' is:
(a) green
(b) thin
(c)
(d) thick
12. The 'Koel', is hidden in:
(a) Forests (c) Fields
(b) Mango-leaves (d) Mountains
13. What does the flaming soul of the Koel ask in the poem
'Koel' ?
(a) Wants to know where its lover is
(b) Wants to know about its destination
(c) Wants to know about its nest.
(d) None of these
14. I am restless. Where is my Beloved?' is from :
(a) Koel
(b) Martha
(c) Thinner Than a Crescent
(D) Ode on Solitude
15. The Koel is desperately looking for his
(a) beloved
(b) food
(c) friends
(d) rain
16. ........ has charred the Koel's wings.
(a) Fire of Lust
(b) Fire of Love
(c) Fire of Greed
(d) Fire of Desire
17. The Koel is unhappy because it is not with its :
(a) husband
(c) brother
(b) lover
(d) sister
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