Koel! what lightning fell? what singed thy wings?
What keeps thee fresh, yet charred?
Concealed in the mango-leaves, thou singest!
Thy high-pitched strains wake in my soul a
thousand memories!
हिन्दी रूपांतर :- कवि जानना चाहता है कि कौन-सी बिजली गिरी जिससे उसका पंख जल गया है, फिर भी वह इतना तरोताजा कैसे रहती है । वह आम पत्तियों में छुपकर अपना मधुर राग छेड़ते रहती है । उसकी आवाज की तान काफी उच्च है, जो कवि की अन्तरात्मा में हजारों स्मृतियों को जगा देता है।
Why so restless that thy spark-shedding notes
go forth kindling fire?
Lo! The roses are on fire which winds and
waters catch!
The shades of mangoes burn!
What a rain of sparks art thou, O little Bird!
हिन्दी रूपांतर :- कवि जानना चाहता है कि कोयल इतना परेशान क्यों है । उसके शरीर में इतनी तेज चिंगारी है कि सभी चीजों में आग लगाते रहती है | हवाएँ और समुद्रों में भी जान फूँकने का काम वह करती है । लेकिन अब आम के पेड़ नष्ट हो चुके हैं।
made me anew
I am restless! Where is my Beloved?
The sight of mango-blossoms fires me all the more!
हिन्दी रूपांतर :- कोयल कहती है कि प्रेम-रूपी अग्नि ने उसके पंख को जला दिया है और मुझे नया रूप प्रदान किया है जिससे मैं इतना काली हो गयी हूँ । वह बेचैन है, वह अपने चाहनेवाले को ढूंढ रही है। आम का मंजर उसे अग्नि की तरह दहका देता है ।
The greener the garden, the brighter burns my heart!
My flaming soul asks, “Where? where is my Beloved?”
“Speak! speak! why are thy leaves so still?”
हिन्दी रूपांतर :- कोयल कहती है कि बागान जितना हरा-भरा रहेगा उतना ही वह दहकते रहेगी । कोयल की दहकती आत्मा पूछती है कि उसका बसेरा कहाँ है । यह पत्ते इतना शाँत क्यों हैं ?
Objective question
1. The Koel is full of dissatisfaction because its ……………. is not with her.
(B) sister
(C) mother
(D) father
| Answer ⇒ A |
2. How does the koel feel?
(A) satisfied
(B) happy
(C) restless
(D) peaceful
| Answer ⇒ C |
3. Who is the poet of the poem, “Koel ?
(A) Puran Singh
(B) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
(C) Vidyapati
(D) Arundhati Roy
| Answer ⇒ A |
4. What is the meaning of “Thy”?
(A) Own
(B) My
(C) Your
(D) Our
| Answer ⇒ C |
5. Where does the Cuckoo conceal itself?
(A) In forest
(B) In the leaves of any plant
(C) In Mango-leaves
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
6. What does the bird do with the poet ? .
(A) Wakes poet’s soul
(B) Sang in musical voice
(C) Attacked upon him
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
7. What chars the cuckoo’s wings ?
(A) The fire & love
(B) The fire of love
(C) The passion & fire
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ B |
8. The poet asks the koel what has ……………… her.
(A) Hurt
(B) Made
(C) Told
(D) Forgotten
| Answer ⇒ A |
9. The high-pitched strains of the koel wakes in the poet’s soul a thousand
(A) Dreams
(B) Desires
(C) Memories
(D) Longings
| Answer ⇒ C |
10. The koel asks the…………. not to be motionless and tell it where its beloved is.
(A) Trees
(B) Leaves
(C) Fruits
(D) Branches
| Answer ⇒ A |
11. What wakes thousand memories in heart?
(A) black colour of koel
(B) hight-pitched strains of koel
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) nothig
| Answer ⇒ B |
12. What happens with the shades of mangoes ?
(A) burn
(B) turn
(C) disappear
(D) none of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
13. ‘O little Bird !’ Why has ‘B’in ‘Bird’ capital here?
(A) due to lovely birds
(B) due to addressing koel
(C) due to black bird
(D) none of these
| Answer ⇒ B |
14. What fires the Koel?
(A) rain of sparks
(B) sight of mango-blossoms
(C) mango leaves
(D) lightning
| Answer ⇒ B |
15. The Fire of Love has ……………… my wings.
(A) burnt
(B) charred
(C) sparked
(D) singed
| Answer ⇒ B |
16. The shades of ………….. burn.
(A) mango
(B) mangrove
(C) mangoes
(D) leaves
| Answer ⇒ C |
17. Why is the Koel restless ?
(A) in search of foood
(B) in search of her beloved
(C) in search of shelter
(D) in search of water
| Answer ⇒ B |
18. Who is the koel looking for ?
(A) It’s next
(B) It’s children
(C) It’s husband
(D) Its beloved
| Answer ⇒ D |
19. What is burning (referred to) in the poem ?
(A) Koel
(B) The shades of mango
(C) Mango trees
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ B |
20. Who is the flaming soul looking for ?
(A) Its beloved
(B) Husband
(C) Child
(D) Poet
| Answer ⇒ A |
21. The ‘flaming soul in the poem is
(A) Poet
(B) The Koel’s
(C) The husband
(D) The beloved
| Answer ⇒ B |
22. In the poem, art’ stands for
(A) Painting
(B) Are
(C) Sculpture
(D) Music
| Answer ⇒ B |
23. The Koel is praised by the poet as it seems to be
(A) Restful
(B) Restless
(C) So Kind
(D) So fresh
| Answer ⇒ D |
24. What is inentioned in the poem as “sparks of fire’?
(A) The poet himself
(B) The jungle fire
(C) The koel’s song
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
25. The song of the koel brings a
(A) Sadness
(B) Happiness
(C) thousand memories
(D) Love
| Answer ⇒ C |