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Home » Class 12 English Notes » My Mother at Sixty-six (CH-1) Summary || Class 12 English Flamingo Poem || Poem 1 ||

My Mother at Sixty-six (CH-1) Summary || Class 12 English Flamingo Poem || Poem 1 ||

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

CH – 1

My Mother at Sixty-six

In this post, we have given the summary of the chapter- 1 “My Mother at Sixty-six”. It is the 1th chapter of the poem of Class 12th CBSE board English.

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–by Kamala Das

Stanza- 1

“Driving from my parent’s

home to Cochin last Friday

morning, I saw my mother, beside me,

doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse”

Explanation: The poet had gone to visit her parents’ home near Cochin. On Friday morning, she was returning. On her way to the airport, she noticed her mother sleeping beside her in the car. Her mouth was open. Her face was pale and lifeless, just like a dead body. It perhaps expressed the pain she felt because of separation from her daughter.

व्याख्या- कवि कोचीन के निकट अपने माता-पिता के घर गई थी। शुक्रवार की सुबह वह वापस लौट रही थी। हवाई अड्डे के रास्ते में, उसने देखा कि उसकी माँ कार में उसके बगल में सो रही है। उसका मुँह खुला था। उसका चेहरा पीला और बेजान था, बिल्कुल किसी लाश की तरह। यह शायद उस दर्द को व्यक्त करता है जो उसने अपनी बेटी से अलग होने के कारण महसूस किया था।

Stanza- 2

“And realized with pain that she was as

old as she looked but soon put that thought away

and looked out at young Trees sprinting,

the merry children spilling out of their homes”

Explanation: The poet was alarmed by the sudden realization that old age had crept upon her mother. It was a reality she found hard to accept. The poet was pained to see her mother’s colorless pale face. To take her attention away from the disturbing thought, she looked outside the car.

Because the car was moving, the young green trees appeared to be running in the opposite direction. She also saw a group of children rushing out of their homes to play.

All this probably reminded her of her childhood when her mother was young. The young sprinting trees represented how fast time had flown by. The children represented youth, which was full of life and energy. Both the young trees and the children presented a sharp contrast to the mother sitting beside her who was old and suffering from ill-health.

व्याख्या- कवयित्री अचानक इस अहसास से घबरा गई कि उसकी माँ पर बुढ़ापा आ गया है। यह एक ऐसी सच्चाई थी जिसे स्वीकार करना उनके लिए मुश्किल था। अपनी माँ का रंगहीन पीला चेहरा देखकर कवि को पीड़ा हुई। परेशान करने वाले विचारों से अपना ध्यान हटाने के लिए उसने कार के बाहर देखा।

क्योंकि कार चल रही थी, युवा हरे पेड़ विपरीत दिशा में दौड़ते हुए दिखाई दिए। उसने बच्चों के एक समूह को अपने घरों से खेलने के लिए भागते हुए भी देखा।

यह सब शायद उसे उसके बचपन की याद दिला गया जब उसकी माँ जवान थी। युवा दौड़ते हुए पेड़ दर्शाते थे कि समय कितनी तेजी से उड़ गया था। बच्चों ने युवाओं का प्रतिनिधित्व किया, जो जीवन और ऊर्जा से भरपूर था। युवा पेड़ों और बच्चों दोनों ने अपने बगल में बैठी माँ के विपरीत एक तीव्र विपरीत प्रस्तुत किया जो बूढ़ी थी और अस्वस्थता से पीड़ित थी।

Stanza- 3

“But after the airport’s

security check, standing a few yards

away, I looked again at her, wan, pale

as a late winter’s moon”

Explanation: The young children and trees were able to divert her thoughts away. But after reaching the airport and passing through security check, the poet again looked at her mother, who was standing a few yards away from her. Her mother looked lifeless and dull like a late winter’s moon, which cannot be seen clearly because of mist and fog.

व्याख्या: छोटे बच्चे और पेड़ उसके विचारों को दूर करने में सक्षम थे। लेकिन हवाईअड्डे पर पहुंचने और सुरक्षा जांच से गुजरने के बाद कवयित्री की नजर फिर अपनी मां पर पड़ी, जो उनसे कुछ गज की दूरी पर खड़ी थी। उसकी माँ देर से जाड़े के चाँद की तरह बेजान और सुस्त लग रही थी, जो धुंध और कोहरे के कारण स्पष्ट रूप से दिखाई नहीं दे रही थी।

Stanza- 4

“And felt that old

familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,

but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,

all I did was smile and smile and smile …”

Explanation: Once again, she was pained to see her mother in this condition. As she was going away and leaving her mother, her old familiar pain, her childhood fear that she

would lose her mother, suddenly came back to her. So she tried to hide her emotions behind her smile. She did not want to reveal her feelings to her old mother and bade her farewell with a smile. She gave hope to her mother and herself by saying that they would meet again and kept on smiling.

व्याख्या: एक बार फिर अपनी माँ को इस हालत में देखकर उसे बहुत पीड़ा हुई। जब वह दूर जा रही थी और अपनी माँ को छोड़ कर जा रही थी, अपने पुराने चिर-परिचित दर्द को, अपने बचपन को इस डर से कि वह

अपनी माँ को खो देगी, अचानक उसके पास वापस आ गई। इसलिए उसने अपनी मुस्कान के पीछे अपनी भावनाओं को छिपाने की कोशिश की। वह अपनी भावनाओं को अपनी बूढ़ी माँ के सामने प्रकट नहीं करना चाहती थी और मुस्कुराते हुए उसे विदा किया। उसने अपनी माँ और खुद को यह कहकर आशा दी कि वे फिर मिलेंगे और मुस्कुराते रहे।

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