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Home » Class 12 English Notes » Keeping Quiet (CH-3) Summary || Class 12 English Flamingo Poem || Poem 3 ||

Keeping Quiet (CH-3) Summary || Class 12 English Flamingo Poem || Poem 3 ||

Posted on 17/04/202318/04/2023 by Anshul Gupta

CH – 3

Keeping Quiet

In this post, we have given the summary of the chapter- 3 “Keeping Quiet”. It is the 3th chapter of the poem of Class 12th CBSE board English.

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  • CH – 3
  • Keeping Quiet
    • Stanza- 1
    • Stanza- 2
    • Stanza- 3
    • Stanza- 4
    • Stanza- 5
    • Stanza- 6
    • Stanza- 7
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–by Pablo Neruda

Stanza- 1

“Now we will count to twelve

and we will all keep still.

For once on the face of the Earth

let’s not speak in any language,

let’s stop for one second,

and not move our arms so much.”

Explanation: The poet urges each one of us to count upto twelve and then be quiet. The poet might have used the phrase ‘count to twelve as there are 12 hours represented on a clock or as there are twelve months in a year. He might have wanted the people to keep still as long as they could. He wants a moment of silence on the Earth when no language is spoken. In this way, there will be no language barrier between people. No harsh words will be spoken. In this moment of silence, the poet doesn’t want anyone to move their arms. He wants us to remain motionless.

व्याख्या- कवि हम में से प्रत्येक से बारह तक गिनने और फिर चुप रहने का आग्रह करता है। कवि ने ‘बारह तक गिनें’ वाक्यांश का प्रयोग किया होगा क्योंकि एक घड़ी में 12 घंटे प्रदर्शित होते हैं या एक वर्ष में बारह महीने होते हैं। वह शायद चाहता था कि लोग जब तक हो सके स्थिर रहें। वह पृथ्वी पर मौन का क्षण चाहता है जब कोई भाषा नहीं बोली जाती है। इस तरह लोगों के बीच भाषा की कोई बाधा नहीं होगी। कोई कटु वचन नहीं बोलेगा। मौन के इस क्षण में कवि नहीं चाहता कि कोई अपनी भुजाएँ हिलाए। वह चाहता है कि हम गतिहीन रहें।

Stanza- 2

“It would be an exotic moment

without rush, without engines,

we would all be together

in a sudden strangeness.”

Explanation: The poet feels that such a moment of silence would be an unusual and exciting one. It will have miraculous consequences. There will be no hurry or the sound of machines to pollute the atmosphere. It will be a strange and unfamiliar moment with stillness all around. In this unusual period, the bonds of humanity will get stronger.

व्याख्या-कवि महसूस करता है कि मौन का ऐसा क्षण असामान्य और रोमांचक होगा। इसके चमत्कारी परिणाम होंगे। वातावरण को प्रदूषित करने के लिए न कोई जल्दबाजी होगी और न ही मशीनों की आवाज। यह एक अजीब और अपरिचित क्षण होगा जिसमें चारों तरफ शांति होगी। इस असामान्य दौर में मानवता के बंधन और मजबूत होंगे।

Stanza- 3

“Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm whales

and the man gathering salt would look at his hurt hands.”

Explanation: In this moment of inactivity, the fisherman would not be catching fish. Hence, the whales in the sea will be safe. This idea is suggestive of the thought that human beings would not destroy nature. The man who gathers salt will be able to tend to his wounded hands for which he had no time earlier. Thus, both nature and humans will be able to recover from their wounds.

व्याख्या: निष्क्रियता के इस क्षण में, मछुआरा मछली नहीं पकड़ रहा होगा। इसलिए समुद्र में व्हेल सुरक्षित रहेंगी। यह विचार इस विचार का सूचक है कि मनुष्य प्रकृति को नष्ट नहीं करेगा। जो व्यक्ति नमक बटोरता है, वह अपने उन घायल हाथों की देखभाल कर सकेगा जिनके लिए उसके पास पहले समय नहीं था। इस प्रकार, प्रकृति और मनुष्य दोनों ही अपने घावों से उबर सकेंगे।

Stanza- 4

“Those who prepare green wars,

wars with gas, wars with fire,

victory with no survivors,

would put on clean clothes

and walk about with their brothers

in the shade, doing nothing.”

Explanation: The poet now speaks of those who wage wars against humanity or environment, wars of all kinds, including the use of chemicals or poisonous gases, wars that bring death and destruction, wars that leave none to celebrate victory. He says that such men should stop their activity shed their clothes stained with the blood of humanity, put on new clothes and walk with their brothers, building brotherhood. The poet implies that the war-torn world should be replaced by one with an atmosphere of peace, brotherhood and harmony.

व्याख्या: कवि अब उन लोगों के बारे में बात करता है जो मानवता या पर्यावरण के खिलाफ युद्ध छेड़ते हैं, सभी प्रकार के युद्ध, जिनमें रसायनों या जहरीली गैसों का उपयोग शामिल है, ऐसे युद्ध जो मृत्यु और विनाश लाते हैं, ऐसे युद्ध जो जीत का जश्न मनाने के लिए कोई नहीं छोड़ते। उनका कहना है कि ऐसे लोगों को अपना काम बंद कर देना चाहिए, मानवता के खून से सने अपने कपड़ों को उतार फेंकना चाहिए, नए कपड़े पहनकर भाईचारे का निर्माण करते हुए अपने भाइयों के साथ चलना चाहिए। कवि का तात्पर्य है कि युद्धग्रस्त दुनिया को शांति, भाईचारे और सद्भाव के माहौल से बदल दिया जाना चाहिए।

Stanza- 5

“What I want should not be confused

with total inactivity.

Life is what it is about;

I want no truck with death.”

Explanation: The poet makes a clarification that though he is advocating the need for silence, his advice should not be confused with total inactivity. He does not want any association with death. He says that life is meant to be lived.

व्याख्या- कवि एक स्पष्टीकरण देता है कि यद्यपि वह मौन की आवश्यकता की वकालत कर रहा है, उसकी सलाह को पूर्ण निष्क्रियता के साथ भ्रमित नहीं किया जाना चाहिए। वह मृत्यु से कोई संबंध नहीं चाहता। उनका कहना है कि जीवन जीने के लिए है।

Stanza- 6

“If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

of never understanding ourselves

and of threatening ourselves with death.”

Explanation: The poet further advises that people should stop being self-centered and selfish. For one moment they should not think of keeping their lives moving, meeting their ends or fulfilling their duties. That huge silence, which will arise from such a moment, will only serve to help the people. It will help them introspect and overcome their sadness of failing to understand themselves. People have been threatening themselves with death by their activities. This moment of silence will give them time to understand themselves better.

व्याख्या: कवि आगे सलाह देता है कि लोगों को आत्मकेंद्रित और स्वार्थी होना बंद कर देना चाहिए। एक क्षण के लिए भी उन्हें अपने जीवन को चलायमान रखने, अपने लक्ष्यों को पूरा करने या अपने कर्तव्यों को पूरा करने के बारे में नहीं सोचना चाहिए। वह विशाल मौन, जो ऐसे क्षण से उत्पन्न होगा, केवल लोगों की सहायता करने का काम करेगा। यह उन्हें आत्मनिरीक्षण करने में मदद करेगा और खुद को समझने में असफल होने के उनके दुख को दूर करेगा। लोग अपनी गतिविधियों से खुद को जान से मारने की धमकी दे रहे हैं। मौन का यह क्षण उन्हें खुद को बेहतर ढंग से समझने का समय देगा.

Stanza- 7

“Perhaps the Earth can teach us

as when everything seems dead

and later proves to be alive.

Now I’ll count up to twelve

and you keep quiet and I will go.”

Explanation: The poet feels that the Earth can enlighten us and guide us in this process of keeping quiet. He wants us to observe that there is some activity under apparent stillness; for instance, a seed appears to be dead’, but huge fruit-bearing trees are born’ from such seeds lying ‘dead here and there.

Finally, the poet thinks that he has said what he intended to. Now he wants us to keep quiet while he is counting to twelve, after which he will leave.

व्याख्या: कवि को लगता है कि पृथ्वी हमें प्रबुद्ध कर सकती है और चुप रहने की इस प्रक्रिया में हमारा मार्गदर्शन कर सकती है। वह चाहता है कि हम देखें कि स्पष्ट स्थिरता के तहत कुछ गतिविधि है; उदाहरण के लिए, एक बीज मृत प्रतीत होता है’, लेकिन ‘यहाँ-वहाँ मृत’ पड़े ऐसे बीजों से विशाल फल देने वाले पेड़ पैदा होते हैं।

अंत में, कवि सोचता है कि उसने वही कहा जो वह कहना चाहता था। अब वह चाहता है कि जब तक वह बारह तक गिन रहा है, तब तक हम चुप रहें, जिसके बाद वह चला जाएगा।

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