जब आज़ादी मिले एकता से। .......

मैं आज़ादी की देवी,

तुम एकता के वीर |

मैं हडसन नदी की विहारी,

तुम नर्मदा से उभरे धीर |

मैं बानी मित्रों के तोहफ़े से 

तुम खून-पसीने का फल |

अब मैं पायी हूँ अपार धन-बल,

तुझमे है भरपूर जन-बल |

मैं हूँ देवी अगोचर,

तुम हो सच्चे वीर |

संधर्ष से मिले आज़ादी,

एकता से मजबूती |

हाथ उठा के छुई मैंने आज़ादी,

खड़े-खड़े तुझमे जमी एकता |

तेरी एकता से मिले मेरी आज़ादी,

लाये विश्व में अमन-शांति |

(कवी - लक्ष्मीनारायणा के.)

                                                                                            (PTO)




Notes:

1. I wrote this poem originally in Kannada (my mother tongue), 
    when I visited Statue of Liberty at USA during  last month.  
   Now I have translated the poem into Hindi.

   The poem is written as what the Goddess of Statue of Liberty
    said to Sardar Patelji of Statue of Unity, when the two met.

2.Statue of Liberty symbolizes 'liberty'. It is said to be statue of  

    a Roman Goddess. It is on Hudson river of New York, USA.

3. Statue of Unity symbolizes 'unity'.  It is the statue of Sardar 

    Patelji.  It is on Narmada river at Gujarat, India.

4. Statue of Unity (182 m) is two times taller than Statue of Liberty      (93 m).

5. Statue of Liberty was gifted by French people to USA.

6. America symbolized by Statue of Liberty, is now a rich 
    nation.  India's strength lies in its people.

7. I appeal to all concerned to give this poem a wide  
    publicity during 31st Oct 2019, which is the birth-
   anniversary of Sardar Patelji.  It's also the first 
   anniversary day of dedication of the statue to the 
   nation.

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