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हिन्दी कविता – Hindi Songs and Poems

This website aims to showcase the beauty and richness of the Hindi language by hosting and translating the poetry of older and newer Indian poets into Greek and/or English. It also includes translations of Greek poets into Hindi, philosophical passages from ancient Greek and Sanskrit literature, as well as popular Hindi songs from Bollywood cinema and the Indian musical tradition.

Students and lovers of Hindi can send their translations for publication to indogreekstudies@gmail.com. All publications should have the original text or its Hindi translation in the Devanagari script.

The webpage is edited by the Indologist and teacher of Hindi Dr. Dimitrios Vassiliadis, Foreign Language Teaching Center, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

List of Publications:

Poetry:


“उतना जितना तुम कर सको” कोंस्तांतिन कवाफ़ी की एक कविता – কনস্তান্তিনস কাভাফিস “যতটা পারো”- Constantine Cavafy
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

एक तिनका (A Straw) by Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay “Hariodh”
Translated by Christina Arora

“अनंत काल” कोंस्तांतिन कवाफ़ी की एक कविता (Eternity) by Constanine Cavafy
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

न था कुछ तो ख़ुदा था – Mirza Ghalib’s farewell poem
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

जीवन की ही जय हो (Let life alone be victorious) by Maithili Sharan Gupt
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

अकाल और उसके बाद (Τhe famine and after it) by Nagarjun
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

नगर – कोंस्तांतिन कवाफ़ी की एक कविता (The city) by Constanine Cavafy
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

मोको कहाँ ढूंढे रे बन्दे (Where are you looking for me friend?) by Kabir
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

यूनानी कवि कोंस्तांतिन पी. कवाफ़ी की कविताएँ (Poems by Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy)
अनुवाद: सरेश सलिल

तोड़ती पत्थर – (She was Breaking Stones) by Suryakant Tripathy “Nirala” 
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

ढाई आखर प्रेम के (Four Letters of Love) by Kabir
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

Philosophical Quotes:

वादे वादे जायते तत्त्वबोधः – संवाद से सत्य का बोध हो रहा है
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

सुखपूर्वक जीने की कला एपिकुरस के अनुसार – The art of living pleasurably according to Epicurus
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

Socrates’ invocation to Pan – सुकरात की पान से प्रार्थना
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते (Where women are worshiped)
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

Songs:

Ek Din Aap – A romantic Hindi song from Bollywood cinema
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

Popular Hindi Bollywood Songs – ‘Tere Lie’
Translated by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

For translations into Bengali, Telugu and other Indian languages see the category “Poetry and Literature” on the ELINEPA website.