Mai Amar Shahido ka Charan

Mai Amar Shahido ka Charan (Hindi: मैं अमर शहीदों का चारण; IAST: maiṃ amara śahīdoṃ kā cāraṇa) is a popular Hindi-language poem written by Srikrishna Saral (1919-2000).[1] Saral calls himself 'Charan of the martyrs' as a parallel to the Charans of the medieval age who inspired soldiers in battles with the heroic deeds of the ancestors in poetic verses. The theme of the poem is that of remembering and cherishing the sacrifices of heroes who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the country.[2]

Refrain and example verse

Every stanza in the poem end with a couplet carrying the same line: maim amara shahidom ka charana unake yasha gaya karata hum (I sing the praises of the immortal martyrs). Using a very simple language, Saral articulates India's revolutionaries, the freedom movement and patriotic ferver with his work and reminds the new generation of the country the virtue of the freedom struggle and the martyrs associated with it.[3][4]

Hindi IAST Romanization English translation

मैं अमर शहीदों का चारण

उनके गुण गाया करता हूँ जो कर्ज राष्ट्र ने खाया है,

मैं उसे चुकाया करता हूँ।

maiṃ amara śahīdoṃ kā cāraṇa,

unake guṇa gāyā karatā hūm̐. jo karja rāṣṭra ne khāyā hai,

maiṃ use cukāyā karatā hūm̐.

I am a Charan of the immortal martyrs,

I sing their praises.

The debt that the nation has incurred,

I repay the same debt.

References
  1. सरल, श्रीकृष्ण (2005). महावली: आधुनिक संदर्भ में पवन-पुत्र पर प्रेरक महाकाव्य (in Hindi). सत्काल. ISBN 978-81-87859-50-5.
  2. Chaitanya, Dr Bhagwanswaroop (2022-07-23). Sahity Ki Diary (in Hindi). Booksclinic Publishing. ISBN 978-93-5535-137-1.
  3. Śrīśaraṇa; Rastogī, Āloka Kumāra (1988). Hindī sāhitya kā itihāsa (in Hindi). Prema Prakāśana Mandira.
  4. "हिंदी कक्षा 5 पाठ 1 मैं अमर शहीदों का चारण – श्रीकृष्ण सरल/ MAIN AMAR SHAHIDON KA CHARAN". Retrieved 2022-09-01.
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