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English to Hindi: Poem- A Photograph, NCERT, CBSE- grade XI General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Education / Pedagogy
Source text - English A Photograph Introduction of the lesson
The poem ‘A Photograph’ is written by Shirley Toulson. In this poem, she recalls her mother and her memories while looking at a childhood photograph when her mother was twelve years old or so. She has been deceased twelve years ago and she cannot explain her grief on her mother’s loss.
A Photograph Summary
The poem is a tribute to the poet’s mother. She is looking at an old photograph of her mother which has a frame of cardboard. The picture has three girls in which the middle one is the oldest and tallest.
It is her mother when she was twelve years old or so. Beside her, on both sides are her two cousins, Betty and Dolly, who are holding her hands and are younger than her. They went for paddling on a beach holiday. Her uncle took the photograph then. The poet could not help but notice her mother’s sweet face. The sea touched her terribly transient feet which depicted that she changed over the years and the sea remained the same.
After twenty-thirty years, her mother would laugh at the photograph. She would make the poet look at the photograph and tell her how their parents would dress them up for the beach holiday. The beach holiday was her mother’s favourite past memories while her laugh was the poet's favourite memory. Both of them lost something which they cherished a lot and yet cannot live that moment again.
Those sweet moments were memories now.
Now, the poet’s mother had been dead for the past twelve years, which is the same number as of her age when the photograph was taken back then. She cannot express the grief that she has from her mother’s absence.
A Photograph Lesson and Explanation
Line 1 – 4:
The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling,
Each one holding one of my mother’s hands,
And she the big girl — some twelve years or so
Paddling – walking
In these lines, the poet is looking at an old photo album which is made up of cardboard. In the picture, there are three girls who are walking on the beach holding each other’s hands. The girl in the middle is the tallest and oldest, the other two girls on each side are younger than her. The girl in the middle is the poet’s mother. She is around twelve years old when the picture was taken.
Line 5 – 9:
All three stood still to smile through their hair
At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face,
My mother’s, that was before I was born.
And the sea, which appears to have changed less,
Washed their terribly transient feet
Transient – short-term; temporary
In the above lines, the poet describes how the photograph was taken. Her mother’s uncle took the photograph and told them to stop and pose. All three of them left their wet hair open and smiled at the camera. The poet’s attention is drawn towards his mother’s face which is described as a ‘sweet face’. The photograph was taken long before the poet was born. The poet calls their feet ‘terrible transient’ as they were so young by then and now they had grown older. On the other hand, the sea which touched their feet has changed less.
Line 10 – 13:
Some twenty — thirty — years later
She’d laugh at the snapshot.
“See Betty And Dolly,” she’d say, “and look how they
Dressed us for the beach.” The sea holiday
After twenty-thirty years later, she would laugh at the photograph. She would tell me to look at her cousins, Betty and Dolly and how their parents would dress all three of them up for the beach. They would have planned to take a photograph beforehand.
Line 14 – 15:
Was her past, mine is her laughter. Both wry
With the laboured ease of loss.
Wry – ironic; mocking
The poet recalls the sea holiday was her mother’s favourite moment from the past. While the poet’s favouritemoment from the past was her mother’s laughter. Both the women would think about those past memories which they cannot live again. They tried their best to adjust to what they lost.
Line 16 – 19:
Now she’s been dead nearly as many years
As that girl lived. And of this circumstance
There is nothing to say at all.
Its silence silences.
Silences – a complete absence of sound
In the above lines, the poet says that her mother died twelve years ago, the same age her mother was in the photograph. Whenever the poet thinks of her mother’s death, she cannot explain what effect she has of her mother’s death. Death has silenced her mother which has also left her speechless.
Translation - Hindi TRANSLATED VERSION – A PHOTOGRAPH (POEM, GRADE XI, NCERT)
कविता 'ए फ़ोटोग्राफ़' का परिचय
कविता 'ए फ़ोटोग्राफ़' शिर्ले टूलसन द्वारा लिखी गई है। इस कविता में, वह बचपन का एक चित्र देखते हुए, अपनी माँ और उसकी यादों को याद करती है ,जब उसकी माँ बारह साल की थी। वह बारह साल पहले मृत हो चुकी है और वह अपनी मां के खोने पर अपना दुख व्यक्त नहीं कर सकती।
कविता 'ए फ़ोटोग्राफ़' का सारांश
यह कविता कवयित्री की माँ को श्रद्धांजलि है। वह अपनी माँ का एक पुरानी चित्र देख रही है जिसमें गत्ते का एक फ्रेम है। चित्र में तीन लड़कियाँ हैं जिनमें बीच वाली सबसे बड़ी और सबसे लम्बी है। यह उसकी माँ है, जब वह बारह साल की थी। उसके साथ, उसकी दोनों तरफ उसके दो चचेरे बहने, बेट्टी और डॉली हैं, जो उसके हाथों को पकड़े हुए हैं और उससे छोटी हैं। वे छुट्टी मनाने के लिए समुद्र तट पर तैरने के लिए गए थे। उसके चाचा ने तब उनका चित्र लिया था। कवयित्री अपनी मां के चेहरे की मधुरता को देख रही थी। समुद्र ने उसके बेहद क्षणिक पैरों को छुआ, जिसमें दर्शाया गया था कि वह समय के साथ बदल गई और समुद्र वही रहा।
बीस-तीस साल के बाद, उसकी माँ चित्र पर हंसती थी। वह कवयित्री को चित्र दिखाती और उसे बताती कि उनके माता-पिता उन्हें समुद्र तट की छुट्टी के लिए कैसे तैयार करते थे'। समुद्र तट की छुट्टियां उसकी माँ की पसंदीदा यादें थीं, जबकि उसकी हंसी कवयित्री की पसंदीदा याद थी। उन दोनों ने कुछ खो दिया, जिसे उन्होंने बहुत संजोया और फिर भी उस पल को दोबारा नहीं जी सके। वो मीठे पल अब यादें थे।
अब, कवयित्री की माँ पिछले बारह वर्षों से मृत थी, जो कि उसकी उम्र के समान ही है जब चित्र को लिया गया था। वह अपनी माँ की अनुपस्थिति से होने वाले दुःख को व्यक्त नहीं कर सकती है।
कविता 'ए फ़ोटोग्राफ़' का स्पष्टीकरण
Line 1 – 4:
The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling,
Each one holding one of my mother’s hands,
And she the big girl — some twelve years or so
इन पंक्तियों में, कवयित्री एक पुराने चित्र एल्बम को देख रही है जो गत्ते से बना है। चित्र में, तीन लड़कियां हैं जो एक दूसरे का हाथ पकड़े हुए समुद्र तट पर चल रही हैं। मध्ये वाली लड़की सबसे लंबी और बड़ी है, बाकी दोनों लड़कियां उससे छोटी हैं। मध्ये वाली लड़की कवयित्री की माँ है। जब वह चित्र लिया गया था तब वह लगभग बारह साल की थी।
Line 5 – 9:
All three stood still to smile through their hair
At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face,
My mother’s, that was before I was born.
And the sea, which appears to have changed less,
Washed their terribly transient feet
उपरोक्त पंक्तियों में, कवयित्री बताती है कि चित्र कैसे लिया गया था । उसकी माँ के चाचा ने चित्र लिया और उन्हें रुकने और मुद्रा देने को कहा। उन तीनों ने अपने गीले बालों को खुला छोड़ दिया और कैमरे में देख कर मुस्कुराने लगीं। कवयित्री का ध्यान अपनी माँ के चेहरे की ओर खींचा जाता है, जिसे 'प्यारा चेहरा' कहा जाता है। कवयित्री के जन्म से बहुत पहले यह चित्र लिया गया था ।कवयित्री उनके पैरों को 'भयानक क्षणिक' कहती है क्योंकि वे तब तक बहुत छोटे थे और अब वे बड़े हो गए थे। दूसरी ओर, उनके पैरों को छूने वाला समुद्र कम बदला है।
Line 10 – 13:
Some twenty — thirty — years later
She’d laugh at the snapshot.
“See Betty And Dolly,” she’d say, “and look how they
Dressed us for the beach.” The sea holiday
बीस-तीस साल बाद, वह चित्र देखकर हंसती थी। वह मुझे अपने चचेरी बहने, बेट्टी और डॉली को देखने के लिए कहतीं और कैसे उनके माता-पिता तीनों को समुद्र तट के लिए तैयार करतें। उन्होंने पहले से एक चित्र लेने की योजना बनाई होगी।
Line 14 – 15:
Was her past, mine is her laughter. Both wry
With the laboured ease of loss
कवयित्री याद करती है कि समुद्र तट की छुट्टियां उसकी माँ की अतीत से पसंदीदा यादें थीं, जबकि अतीत से कवयित्री की पसंदीदा याद उनकी माँ की हसीं थी। दोनों महिलाएं उन पिछली यादों के बारे में सोचतीं, जिन्हें वे फिर से नहीं जी सकतीं। उन्होंने जो खो दिया उसे समायोजित करने की पूरी कोशिश की।
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