इसलिए, ऐसा होता है कि जब हम किसी खोज को एक निश्चित गहराई से आगे ले जाते हैं, तो हम मनोवैज्ञानिक दायरों से निकलकर जीवन के परम रहस्यों के क्षेत्र में प्रवेश कर जाते हैं। आत्मा के फर्श के तख्ते, जिन तक हम पहुँचना चाहते हैं, वे खुल जाते हैं और तारों भरा आसमान सामने ला देते हैं।
So, it comes to pass that, when we pursue an inquiry beyond a certain depth, we step out of the field of psychological categories and enter the sphere of the ultimate mysteries of life. The floorboards of the soul, to which we try to penetrate, fan open and reveal the starry firmament.
So, it comes to pass that, when we pursue an inquiry beyond a certain depth, we step out of the field of psychological categories and enter the sphere of the ultimate mysteries of life. The floorboards of the soul, to which we try to penetrate, fan open and reveal the starry firmament.
ऐसी कुछ चीजें हैं जो कभी भी पूरी सटीकता के साथ नहीं घटित हो सकतीं। वे केवल तथ्यों में समाने के लिए बहुत विशाल और भव्य होती हैं। वे बस घटित होने का प्रयास कर रही होती हैं, वे यह जांच रही होती हैं कि क्या वास्तविकता की जमीन उन्हें संभाल सकती है। और वे अपनी अखंडता को वास्तविकता की दुर्बलता में खो देने के डर से तुरंत पीछे हट जाती हैं।
There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere facts. They are merely trying to occur, they are checking whether the ground of reality can carry them. And they quickly withdraw, fearing to loose their integrity in the frailty of realization.
There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere facts. They are merely trying to occur, they are checking whether the ground of reality can carry them. And they quickly withdraw, fearing to loose their integrity in the frailty of realization.
मेरा आदर्श लक्ष्य बचपन की ओर 'परिपक्व होना' है। वही वास्तविक परिपक्वता होगी।
My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.
My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.
एक चीज़ से हर कीमत पर बचना चाहिए: संकीर्ण सोच, पंडिताऊपन और उबाऊ तुच्छता।
One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.
One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.
वास्तविकता कागज़ की तरह पतली है और अपनी सभी दरारों के साथ अपने बनावटी स्वभाव को उजागर कर देती है
Reality is as thin as paper and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.
Reality is as thin as paper and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.
क्या ऐसा हो सकता है कि समय सभी घटनाओं के लिए बहुत संकीर्ण हो? क्या ऐसा हो सकता है कि समय के भीतर की सारी सीटें बिक चुकी हों? चिंतित होकर, हम यात्रा के लिए खुद को तैयार करते हुए घटनाओं की ट्रेन के पीछे दौड़ते हैं।
Could it be that time is too narrow for all events? Could it happen that all the seats within time might have been sold? Worried, we run along the train of events, preparing ourselves for the journey.
Could it be that time is too narrow for all events? Could it happen that all the seats within time might have been sold? Worried, we run along the train of events, preparing ourselves for the journey.
जैसे-जैसे हम रोजमर्रा के शब्दों में हेरफेर करते हैं, हम भूल जाते हैं कि वे प्राचीन और शाश्वत कहानियों के टुकड़े हैं, कि हम मूर्तियों के टूटे हुए टुकड़ों और देवताओं के बर्बाद हो चुके बुतों से अपने घर बना रहे हैं, जैसा कि बर्बर लोगों ने किया था।
As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken pieces of sculptures and ruined statues of gods as the barbarians did.
As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken pieces of sculptures and ruined statues of gods as the barbarians did.
निर्जीवता केवल एक छलावा है जिसके पीछे जीवन के अज्ञात रूप छिपे रहते हैं।
Lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life.
Lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life.
कोई घटना अपनी उत्पत्ति में छोटी और महत्वहीन हो सकती है, और फिर भी, जब उसे किसी की आँख के करीब लाया जाता है, तो वह अपने केंद्र में एक अनंत और तेजोमय परिप्रेक्ष्य खोल सकती है क्योंकि अस्तित्व का एक उच्चतर क्रम स्वयं को उसमें व्यक्त करने का प्रयास कर रहा होता है और उसे उग्र रूप से प्रदीप्त कर रहा होता है।
An event may be small and insignificant in its origin , and yet, when drawn close to one’s eye, it may open in its center an infinite and radiant perspective because a higher order of being is trying to express itself in it and irradiates it violently.
An event may be small and insignificant in its origin , and yet, when drawn close to one’s eye, it may open in its center an infinite and radiant perspective because a higher order of being is trying to express itself in it and irradiates it violently.
उस काल्पनिक मेज के नीचे जो मुझे मेरे पाठकों से अलग करती है, क्या हम चुपचाप एक-दूसरे का हाथ नहीं थामे रहते?
Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands?
Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands?
अब खाली चौक की तेज धूप से अंधी हुई खिड़कियां सो चुकी थीं। बालकनी अपनी शून्यता आसमान से बयां कर रही थीं; खुले दरवाजों से ठंडक और शराब की महक आ रही थी।
Now the windows, blinded by the glare of the empty square, had fallen asleep. The balconies declared their emptiness to heaven; the open doorways smelt of coolness and wine.
Now the windows, blinded by the glare of the empty square, had fallen asleep. The balconies declared their emptiness to heaven; the open doorways smelt of coolness and wine.
जानवर! अतृप्त रुचि की वस्तु, जीवन की पहेली के उदाहरण, जैसे, मानव को स्वयं मनुष्य से परिचित कराने के लिए रचे गए, जो हजारों बहुरूपिया संभावनाओं में उसकी समृद्धि और जटिलता को प्रदर्शित करते हैं, जिनमें से प्रत्येक किसी कुतूहलपूर्ण अंत, किसी विशिष्ट प्रचुरता तक पहुंचती है।
Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying his richness and complexity in a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities, each of them brought to some curious end, to some characteristic exuberance.
Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying his richness and complexity in a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities, each of them brought to some curious end, to some characteristic exuberance.
और किसी की भटकन उतनी ही बांझ और अर्थहीन साबित हुई जितनी अश्लील अलबमों के गहरे अध्ययन से पैदा होने वाली उत्तेजना होती है।
And one's wandering proved as sterile and pointless as the excitement produced by a close study of pornographic albums.
And one's wandering proved as sterile and pointless as the excitement produced by a close study of pornographic albums.
फिर भी उन घटनाओं का क्या किया जाए जिनका समय में अपना कोई स्थान नहीं है; वे घटनाएं जो बहुत देर से घटी हैं, पूरे समय के बंट जाने, विभाजित होने और आवंटित होने के बाद; वे घटनाएं जो ठंड में छूटी हुई हैं, पंजीकृत नहीं हैं, हवा में लटकी हुई हैं, बेघर हैं और भटक रही हैं?
Yet what is to be done with events that have no place of their own in time; events that have occurred too late, after the whole of time has been distributed, divided, and allotted; events that have been left in the cold, unregistered, hanging in the air, homeless, and errant?
Yet what is to be done with events that have no place of their own in time; events that have occurred too late, after the whole of time has been distributed, divided, and allotted; events that have been left in the cold, unregistered, hanging in the air, homeless, and errant?
नींद की गहराइयों में भी, जहाँ उसे अपने आप को एक कांपते हुए गोले में सिकोड़ कर सुरक्षा और प्रेम की अपनी ज़रूरत को पूरा करना पड़ता था, वह अकेलेपन और बेघर होने की भावना से छुटकारा नहीं पा पाता था।
Even in the depths of sleep, in which he had to satisfy his need for protection and love by curling himself up into a trembling ball, he could not rid himself of the feeling of loneliness and homelessness.
Even in the depths of sleep, in which he had to satisfy his need for protection and love by curling himself up into a trembling ball, he could not rid himself of the feeling of loneliness and homelessness.
साधारण तथ्य समय के भीतर व्यवस्थित होते हैं, उसकी लंबाई के साथ एक धागे की तरह पिरोए जाते हैं। वहां उनके पूर्ववर्ती और परिणाम होते हैं, जो बिना किसी विराम के एक-दूसरे पर बहुत कसकर भीड़ लगाते हैं और दबाव डालते हैं। किसी भी कथा के लिए इसका अपना महत्व होता है, जिसकी निरंतरता और क्रमिकता उसकी आत्मा होती है।
Ordinary facts are arranged within time, strung along its length as on a thread. There they have their antecedents and their consequences, which crowd tightly together and press hard one upon the other without any pause. This has its importance for any narrative, of which continuity and successiveness are the soul.
Ordinary facts are arranged within time, strung along its length as on a thread. There they have their antecedents and their consequences, which crowd tightly together and press hard one upon the other without any pause. This has its importance for any narrative, of which continuity and successiveness are the soul.
दिन पिछले साल की ब्रेड की तरह ठंड और बोरियत से कड़े हो गए थे। किसी ने बिना भूख के, एक आलसी उदासीनता के साथ, उन्हें कुंद चाकुओं से काटना शुरू कर दिया था।
The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference.
The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference.
मनुष्य धोखे से अविश्वसनीय सुविधाओं के दायरे में प्रवेश कर रहा था, जो बहुत सस्ते में, लागत मूल्य से भी कम पर, लगभग मुफ्त में हासिल की गई थीं, और खर्च तथा मुनाफे के बीच का असंतुलन, प्रकृति के साथ स्पष्ट धोखाधड़ी, किसी कलात्मक चालाकी के लिए अत्यधिक भुगतान, उसे आत्म-व्यंग्य द्वारा संतुलित करना ही था।
Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay and gain, the obvious fraud on nature, the excessive payment for a trick of genius, had to be offset by self-parody.
Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay and gain, the obvious fraud on nature, the excessive payment for a trick of genius, had to be offset by self-parody.
जब सब कुछ कसकर बंद हो, जब सभी अर्थपूर्ण चीजें दीवारों से घिर चुकी हों, और जब आप लगातार ईंटों से वैसे ही टकराते हों जैसे जेल की दीवारों से, तो कोई कैसे पराजित न हो और अपनाौ हौसला टूटने न दे?
How can one not succumb and allow one's courage to fail when everything is shut tight, when all meaningful things are walled up, and when you constantly knock against bricks, as against the walls of a prison?
How can one not succumb and allow one's courage to fail when everything is shut tight, when all meaningful things are walled up, and when you constantly knock against bricks, as against the walls of a prison?
हमारे शहर में गेस्टापो का एक अधिकारी था जिसे चेस खेलना बहुत पसंद था। कब्जा शुरू होने के बाद, उसे पता चला कि मेरे पिता इस क्षेत्र के चेस मास्टर हैं, इसलिए वह उन्हें हर रात अपने घर बुलाता था।
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night.
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night.
इससे दूसरा नाजी इतना गुस्से में आ गया कि अगली सुबह वह हमारे घर आया और उसने मेरे पिता को गोली मार दी।
This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father.
This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father.
...."दिन की सबसे गहरी सुनहरी नस से उठता हुआ एक बैरल आर्गन का संगीत; दूर किसी पियानो पर बार-बार बजाए गए कोरस के दो या तीन सुर, सफेद फर्श पर धूप में पिघलते हुए, दोपहर की आग में खो जाते हुए।
...."the sound of a barrel organ rising from the deepest golden vein of the day; two or three bars of a chorus, played on a distant piano over and over again, melting in the sun on the white pavement, lost in the fire of high noon.
...."the sound of a barrel organ rising from the deepest golden vein of the day; two or three bars of a chorus, played on a distant piano over and over again, melting in the sun on the white pavement, lost in the fire of high noon.