Unique Ghazals and Poems Related to Holika Dahan

Holika Dahan or Choti Holi is a Hindu festival celebrating the victory of good over evil. The festival is celebrated by burning the Holika or the demoness. As per tradition, the people contribute wood pieces for the Holika bonfire. It is believed that Holika, the demoness who can’t be burnt in the fire had tried to kill her nephew Prahlad who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. However, in the process, she got burnt in the fire. As a result,  Holi gets its name and is celebrated as a triumph of good over evil. In this article, we have collected a list of unique poems related to Holika Dahan. You can simply read these poems or quote them on a Holi gift or card.

Poems and Ghazals on Holika Dahan

Below is a list of unique poems related to Holika Dahan that you can read and enjoy. 

Holi Songs of Demerara Written by Lalbihari Sharmaand translated from the Awadhi-Bhojpuri by Rajiv Mohabir Sakhi, spring has come yet my beloved has not. Phaagmy heart yearns. All who sing Phaagun, all drums that beat light rhythms twist the dagger in my heart. In longing, I sob into my bed, drunk with this sickness. Pichkaris filled with colour,  every house raises celebration. Raining down on all, the colourful streams. Abuse goes all around, today no one’s shy.                          Lalbihari says, “The one who suffers separation sits alone, heart wilting.”

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Holika Dahan Holika Dahan Year after year purity of fire is challenged by evil, appeased with offerings A full moon looks on as winds stoke embers, flare flames to a flickering dance Right in the centre of crimson blazes its Holika, Prahlad in her lap – her arms a circle of heat White sparks fly from her hair, eyes smoulder in fury; her mouth sucks in air, engulfs rice and wheat Wood chars, coconuts splinter, flowers singe mearing earth with ash. Year after year faith survives. Holika burns to death. – By Anonymous

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होली है तो आज शत्रु को बाहों में भर लो  यह मिट्टी की चतुराई है, रूप अलग औ’ रंग अलग, भाव, विचार, तरंग अलग हैं, ढाल अलग है ढंग अलग, आजादी है जिसको चाहो आज उसे वर लो होली है तो आज अपरिचित से परिचय कर को! निकट हुए तो बनो निकटतर और निकटतम भी जाओ, रूढ़ि-रीति के और नीति के शासन से मत घबराओ, आज नहीं बरजेगा कोई, मनचाही कर लो। होली है तो आज मित्र को पलकों में धर लो! प्रेम चिरंतन मूल जगत का, वैर-घृणा भूलें क्षण की, भूल-चूक लेनी-देनी में सदा सफलता जीवन की, जो हो गया बिराना उसको फिर अपना कर लो। होली है तो आज शत्रु को बाहों में भर लो! होली है तो आज अपरिचित से परिचय कर लो, होली है तो आज मित्र को पलकों में धर लो, भूल शूल से भरे वर्ष के वैर-विरोधों को, होली है तो आज शत्रु को बाहों में भर लो ! –हरिवंश राय बच्चन

गले मुझ को लगा लो ऐ मिरे दिलदार होली में गले मुझ को लगा लो ऐ मिरे दिलदार होली में बुझे दिल की लगी भी तो ऐ मेरे यार होली में नहीं ये है गुलाल-ए-सुर्ख़ उड़ता हर जगह प्यारे ये आशिक़ की है उमड़ी आह-ए-आतिश-बार होली में गुलाबी गाल पर कुछ रंग मुझ को भी जमाने दो मनाने दो मुझे भी जान-ए-मन त्यौहार होली में ‘रसा’ गर जाम-ए-मय ग़ैरों को देते हो तो मुझ को भी नशीली आँख दिखला कर करो सरशार होली में -भारतेन्दु हरिश्चंद्र

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ab ki holi mein raha be-kar rang Imam Bakhsh Nasikh ab kī holī meñ rahā be-kār rañg  aur hī laayā firāq-e-yār rañg  suraḳh-rū kar de sharāb aa.ī bahār  hai ḳhizāñ se zard ai ḳhummār rañg  hoñT uude sabz ḳhat āñkheñ siyāh  chehre kā surK-o-safed ai yaar rañg  ham ko saare gulshan-e-āfāq meñ  bas pasand aa.e yahī do-chār rañg  ġhair se khelī hai holī yaar ne  Daale mujh par dīda-e-ḳhūñ-bār rañg  kis kī holī jashn-e-nau-rozī hai aaj  surḳh mai se sāqiyā dastār rañg  hijr-e-jānāñ meñ Thahartā hī nahīñ  kyā hī mere muñh se hai bezār rañg  kyā hai girgiT āsmāñ ke sāmne  badle ik ik dam meñ sau sau baar rañg  aatī hai o qais lailā dasht meñ  ḳhūn-e-pā se jild ab pur-ḳhār rañg  dhuup hai par mere roz-e-hijr kā  hai ba-rañg-e-sāya-e-dīvār rañg  ho gayā kyuuñ zard ‘nāsiḳh’ kyā kahūñ  hai zamāne kā ajab ai yaar rañg

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koi pari ho agar ham-kanar holi mein Kaleb-E-Husein Nadir koī parī ho agar ham-kanār holī meñ  to ab kī saal ho duunī bahār holī meñ  kiyā hai va.ada to phir bazm-e-raqs meñ aanā  na kījiyo mujhe tum sharmsār holī meñ  safed pairahan ab to utaar de allāh  basantī kapḌe hoñ ai gul-ezār holī meñ  hamāre ghar meñ utāreñge raah agar bhūle  haiñ mast Dolī ke un ke kahār holī meñ  mujhe jo qumquma maarā to kar diyā bismil  ajiib rañg se khele shikār holī meñ  ye rañg paash hue haiñ vo aaj ai ‘nādir’  hai farsh-e-bazm-e-tarab lāla-zār holī meñ

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Poems related to Holika Dahan are written by several poets all around India. These poems and gazals touch the essence of Holi. That is the victory of good over evil and also calls to mend broken relationships. For more information about such informative articles, check the trending events page of Leverage Edu.