The poet says that the reader is the wine and he himself is the cup and by filling the cup, the reader will become an alcoholic. The poet here again is telling the reader that he will go to any extent, like boiling this world to make wine or dance on one leg with an empty cup, to make this collection of Madhushala pleasing to the reader. The poet here welcomes the reader to his book by telling him/her that he has made this wine (book) with great care and love just for him/her and that he will himself offer this wine. On the occasion of 110th birth Anniversary of this legendary poet, let us have some sips from his Madhushala. Through his translations of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, he realised the possibilities of using drinking as a poetic metaphor for freedom. The incredible popularity of Madhushaala can be understood only by placing it in the socio-political and literary context in which it was written.īorn on 27th November 1907 in an ordinary Kayastha family in a small town near Allahabad, Harivansh Rai gave up gave up his university education to participate in the significant upsurge of nationalism that began in 1930.
It was also one the first pieces of Hindi poetry that was set to music, with its best-selling cassettes and CDs attracting generations of listeners.
It has been choreographed, and performed on stage. Madhushala has been translated into English and regional Indian languages such as Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam. Although he had published about 30 collections of his poetry, he is mostly known for this trilogy, and Madhushala, in particular. The other titles in the trilogy were Madhubala (1936) and Madhukalash (1937). Madhushala was part of Bachchan’s trilogy inspired by Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, which he had earlier translated into Hindi. He was only 28 when he wrote the poem in 1935 and tries to explain the most of the complexity of life with his four instruments, which appear in almost every verse: madhu, madira or haala (wine), saaki (server), pyaala (cup or glass) and madhushala or madiralaya (bar). It is said that Harivansh Rai Bachchan had never consumed alcohol, and yet he wrote 135 quatrains (four-line verses) ending with ‘Madhushala’ (bar). Kis path se jau asmanjas me hai woh bholabhala, (Perplexed, he asks, “Which path should I take)Īlag alag path batlaate sab, par main ye batlata hun…raah pakad tu ek chala chal paa jayega Madhushala” (Pick a path and keep walking.
“M adiralay jane ko ghar se chalta hai peene wala, (Seeking wine, the drinker leaves home for the tavern.)
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