A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh Poem

 

Ballad ( ਬੇਲਡ = ਗੀਤ,ਗਾਥਾ,प्रायः प्रेमविषयक गाथा, कथात्‍मक गीत अथवा कविता; गाथा गीत।)

Note:-( ਇਸ ਕਵਿਤਾ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਕਵਿ sir ਹੈਨਰੀ ਨਿਊਬੋਲਟ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਦਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਪਾਖੰਡੀ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਬਣਾਏ ਜਾਤ ਪਾਤ  ਸਭ ਖੋਖਲੇ ਹਨ। ਸਾਰੇ ਧਰਮ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਜਾਤਾਂ ਇਕ ਸਮਾਨ ਹਨ। ਜਾਤਾਂ ਪਾਤਾਂ ਪਾਖੰਡੀ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਬਣਾਈਆਂ ਗਈਆਂ ਹਨ। ਸਾਰੇ ਲੋਕ ਇਕੋ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਹਨ ।)

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CENTRAL IDEA✍️

A Ballad  of Sir Pertab Singh –Sir Henry

Newbolt

This  is very beautiful poem written by Sir Henry Newbolt.  It is a very beautiful poem.It gives a very good message. The poet says that all castes are man-made ( ਮੈਂਨ ਮੈਡ - ਆਦਮੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਬਣਾਈ ਗਈ). All men are same  in this world. All men are equal in the eyes of God. No one is high or low by caste.All noble persons belong to one caste of brotherhood. ( ਬ੍ਰਦਰਹੁੱਡ - ਭਾਈਚਾਰਾ) . Casteism is killing humanity.Humanity is the only true caste. Actually this poem brings out the folly of the caste system .

ਇਹ ਸਰ ਹੈਨਰੀ ਨਿਊਬੋਲਟ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਲਿਖੀ ਗਈ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਕਵਿਤਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਇੱਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਕਵਿਤਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਇੱਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਸੁਨੇਹਾ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਕਵੀ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਜਾਤਾਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਬਣਾਈਆਂ ਗਈਆਂ ਹਨ । ਇਸ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਰੇ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਹਨ। ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਨਜ਼ਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਰੇ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਹਨ। ਜਾਤ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਉੱਚਾ ਜਾਂ ਨੀਵਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਸਾਰੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਜਾਤ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਹਨ। ਜਾਤੀਵਾਦ ਮਨੁੱਖਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਮਨੁੱਖਤਾ ਹੀ ਇੱਕੋ ਇੱਕ ਸੱਚੀ ਜਾਤ ਹੈ। ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਕਵਿਤਾ ਜਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ ਦੀ ਮੂਰਖਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਲਿਆਉਂਦੀ ਹੈ।

,👉OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS:✍️

POEM 3: 

A BALLAD OF SIR PERTAB SINGH

1. Sir Pertab Singh lived in Rose-red House.

 i) Red-rose ii) Black-rose iii) Rose-red iv) Rose-blood

2. Sir Pertab Singh’s friend was an English soldier.

 i) an Indian ii) a Chinese iii) an English iv) a Pakistani

3. According to the priests, Pertab Singh lost his caste forever.( True )

Reading Comprehension /Stanza 

(1) In the first year of him that first

Was Emperor and King,

A rider came to the Rose-red House,

The House of Pertab Singh.

1. Name the poem and the poet.

2. Who came to Pertab Singh’s house ?

3. What was the house called ?

4. How long had Pertab Singh been the King ?

Answer:

1. The name of the poem is ‘A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh’. The poet is Sir Henry Newbolt.

2. A young English rider came to Pertab Singh’s house.

3. The house was called Rose-red House.

4. He was yet in the first year of his rule

Stanza no.2

(2) Beneath the morning stars they rode,

Beneath the evening sun,

And their blood sang to them as they rode

That all good wars are one.

1. Who were the riders ?

2. How did they feel while riding together ?

3. How did they feel about wars ?

4. How long did the two continue riding together ?

Answer:

1. The two riders were Pertab Singh and an English soldier.

2. They felt very brave and happy.

3. They felt that all good wars are one.

4. They kept riding from early dawn till it was evening.

Stanza no.3

(3) So ran their joy the allotted days,

Till at the last day’s end

The shadow stilled the Rose-red House

And the heart of Pertab’s friend.

1. Who was Pertab’s friend ?

2. What happened to the friend ?

3. How did the two feel while living together ?

4. Explain : “The shadow stilled the Rose-red House.?

Answers ·

1. Pertab’s friend was an English soldier.

2. The friend died suddenly.

3. They felt very happy while living together.

4. Pertab’s heart was filled with sorrow over his friend’s death. The whole palace was covered in the shadow of grief.

Stanza no. 4

(4) There were three of his race and creed,

Three only and no more :

They could not find to bear the dead

A fourth in all Jodhpore.

‘O Maharaj, of your good grace

Send us a sweeper here;

A sweeper has no caste to lose

Even by an alien bier.’

1. “There were three of his race and creed. Which race has been mentioned here ?

2. What could they not find in all Jodhpore ?

3. What did they request the king to do ?

Answers

1. The race and creed of the Englishman has been mentioned here.

2. They could not find a fourth one of the English race and creed in all Jodhpore to carry the bier of a foreigner:

3. They requested the king to send a sweeper to carry the bier of a foreigner.

Stanza no. 5

(5) What need, what need ?’ said Pertab Singh,

And bowed his princely head.

‘I have no caste, for I myself

Am bearing forth the dead.’

1. What need does Pertab Singh refer to ?

2. Who came forward to carry the bier ?

3. Whose bier was it ?

4. Why did Pertab Singh say, “I have no caste.” ?

Answer:

1. It was the need of a fourth person to carry the bier.

2. Pertab Singh himself came forward to carry the bier.

3. It was the bier of an English soldier who was Pertab Singh’s friend.

4. He said this because he did not believe in the caste system.

Stanza no.6 

(6)

 “God only knows,’ said Pertab Singh,

“That which I lose today :

And without me no hand of man,

Shall bear my friend away.’

1. Name the poem and the poet.

2. How did he feel over this loss ?

3. What did he decide to do ?

4. What did Pertab Singh say he had lost ?

Answer:

1. The name of the poem is ‘A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh’. The poet is Sir Henry Newbolt.

2. He felt very unhappy over the loss.

3. He decided to carry his friend’s bier himself.

4. He said he had lost a very dear friend.

Prepared by   Government Kenya Senior Secondary School Khanauri Mandi Sangrur