New Year | Summary | Translation in Nepali | Word Meanings

Parijat was a Nepali writer. Her real name was Bishnu Kumari Waiba but she wrote under the pen name Parijat.
Her most acclaimed publication is Sirish Ko Phul ( The Blue Mimosa ), which has also been adapted in the literature curriculum of some colleges in some English-speaking countries. Parijat was born in 1937 in the hill station of Darjeeling. Darjeeling is inhabited by Nepali people and has never lost its character as a major centre of Nepali language, culture and literature. While she was contributing to literature, she also tried to support social causes and initiated attempts like Prisoner's Assistance Mission. She died in 1993A.D.

The Poem "New Year" composed by Parijat, juxtaposes the expected freshness of a new year with the experienced reality of the same old living conditions. This leads the poet to rebel ( विद्रोह ) against the harsh reality to create something better. The poem presents the reversal of expected response that shocks readers.

When the speaker in the first stanza, sees the wind that chases ( लखेट्नु ) march ( चैत महिना ) away. and the sun which climbs up the hill, she knows that the New year has arrived.

She can pre-assume that a New Year day has arrived by seeing the nightingale flying here and there, and buds ( कोपिलाहरू ) of flowers.

The third stanza begins with "but", and it shows the contrast in the poet's thinking. When New Year comes, we expect some new things but the poet again describes the same old thing. She sees the mason wasps returning lazily to their same old nests, which is in the dark and dirty ceiling of her house. The arrival of New Year should have brought new thing but the mind is busy in same old dreams. Seeing this, she feels to paint the nature afresh.

कविता ३ पंक्तिमा लेखिएको छ। पहिलो दुई वटा पंक्तिमा नयाँ वर्षको आगमनले ल्याउने परिवर्तनलाई देखाइएको छ भने अन्तिम पंक्तिमा नयाँ वर्षको आगमनले पनि नछोएको यथास्थितिलाई देखाईएको छ।

जब बतास जोडले चल्दै चैतलाई टाढा लखेट्छ र सूर्य पहाड भन्दा माथि तेर्सिन थाल्छन्, कविलाई नयाँ वर्ष आएको भान हुन्छ। जब नाइटिङ्गेलहरु यता उता गर्न थाल्छन् र कोपिलाहरू लाग्दछन्, उनले पूर्व अनुमान गर्न सक्छिन् त्यो नयाँ दिन आयो भनेर। तर जसरी वारुलाहरु थकित भएर कविको घरको कालो छतमा भएको गुणमा फर्किन्छन्, उनी आफ्ना पुराना सपनाहरु/कामहरु सम्झिन्छिन्।

त्यो देखेर उनलाई पुरा प्रकृतिलाई नै पुन: चित्रमा उतारु झैं लाग्छ।

Word Meanings In Nepali of 'New Year'
Nepali Word Meanings of 'New Year'
Complete Nepali Word Meanings of 'New Year'