Today, there is a poem for all Hindi learners, a short and easy poem that you can try to comprehend it. The poet, Maithili Sharan Gupt, is a very popular poet of Hindi literature. In this poem, he is describing his feeling on the obstacles in finding God. He talk how there are many way (religion, sect) to reach the God, how some people are acting the guardians of religion and favor people who know them to help them to reach God, people belief on religious practices, and how he finally found out that God is not far away, but near him.

Below is the poem in Devanagari fonts (Hindi) with the literal translation in English. I hope that you will try to comprehend the poem with the given explanation. So, here it is.

कविता (Kavita – Poem) : गुणगान (Gungaan – Song of Praise)
कवि (Kavi – Poet) : मैथिलीशरण गुप्त (Maithili Sharan Gupt)

तेरे घर के द्वार बहुत हैं,
किसमें हो कर आऊं मैं?
सब द्वारों पर भीड़ मची है,
कैसे भीतर जाऊं मैं?

Your house has many doors
from which door I may come in?
On every door, there is crowd
how to go through them?

द्बारपाल भय दिखलाते हैं,
कुछ ही जन जाने पाते हैं,
शेष सभी धक्के खाते हैं,
क्यों कर घुसने पाऊं मैं?
तेरे घर के द्वार बहुत हैं,
किसमें हो कर आऊं मैं?

Doormen show the fear
Only few of people could learn
and remaining just struggle
What I do to enter
your house has many doors
from which door I may come in?

तेरी विभव कल्पना कर के,
उसके वर्णन से मन भर के,
भूल रहे हैं जन बाहर के
कैसे तुझे भुलाऊं मैं?
तेरे घर के द्वार बहुत हैं,
किसमें हो कर आऊं मैं?

after doing a splendor imagination of yours
and by satisfying with its details
the people of outside are forgetting
how do I forget you?
your house has many doors
from which door I do come in?

बीत चुकी है बेला सारी,
किंतु न आयी मेरी बारी,
करूँ कुटी की अब तैयारी,
वहीं बैठ गुन गाऊं मैं।
तेरे घर के द्वार बहुत हैं,
किसमें हो कर आऊं मैं?

all the time has passed by
but my turn didn’t come
now i will prepare for a hut
and will sit there and sing praising hymns
your house has many doors
from which door I do come in?

कुटी खोल भीतर जाता हूँ
तो वैसा ही रह जाता हूँ
तुझको यह कहते पाता हूँ-
‘अतिथि, कहो क्या लाउं मैं?’
तेरे घर के द्वार बहुत हैं,
किसमें हो कर आऊं मैं?

I move into hut after opening the door
and i remain like that (in surprise)
and find you saying to me
“Guest, tell what do I bring to you”?
your house has many doors
from which door I do come in?