HAPPY RAMADAN TO ALL

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.” ~William Butler Yeats quotes (Irish Poet. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. )

Cherish whatever makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes. ~Better Midler

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should [...]

Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

The favourites: “I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough to make every moment holy. I am too tiny in this world, and not tiny enough just to lie before you like a thing, shrewd and secretive. I want my own will, and I want simply to be with my will, [...]

Lal Peeli Ankhiyan~Rajasthani song

Jad jad dekhoon banari lal peeli ankhiyaan Main ko ni dara sa , bhala hi kado ankhiyaan. (Whenever I see you, your eyes are red with anger I am least scared of you, no matter even if you pop out your eyes). Jaipur sheher se dhola mharo chunri ni lyave Main ko ni orha sa, [...]

Amir Khusrau, the maestro of Tarana.

This blog is just an attempt to familiarise the lovers of Amir Khurau to a form of singing, called Tarana, the fascinating  fast paced rendition often intended  to attain trance ( haal),   is attributed to be invented by him. Needless to say his other inventions being Qawwali, seventeen taals, tabla and sitar. All I get [...]

Poems by Attiya Dawood

Picture by Abro Khuda Bux Here’s a translation of some poems by a Sindhi feminist poet Attiya Dawood A strange woman in the mirror The strange woman in the mirror, what is she thinking? I ask her: what is it? She avoids me. I paint my lips red, she begins to sob. When I look [...]

The Paradox of Our Time ~Dr Bob Moorehead

A beautiful piece of ‘food for thought’ which has served for years as a constant reminder to me to introspect my life and values. Whenever I feel I begin to digress from my purpose of life, I look back at this writing. Finally, I decided to post it in my blog and share with others. [...]

Senorita ~Music without borders

[Señorita]Spanish Quien eres tu? (Who are you?) Donde has estado? (where have you been?) He removido cielo y tierra y no te encontre (I moved heaven and earth and not find you) Y llegas hoy (but you arrive today) Tan de repente (So suddenly) Y das sentido a toda mi vida con tu querer (and [...]

A poet’s paradise

I forsake My turf, my roots I severed My strings, my ties As I walked, I erased All my paths, for retreat I carried along No regalia, no paraphernalia Possessed by a dream Of a Shangri-la A pie in the sky A vision Where I’ll be yours You shall hold me, own me. ‘Peace’ was [...]

A lifetime encounter with Sain Zahoor ~Part 2

Contd..from Part 1 I repeat, these two days were like a trip to the world of Bulleh Shah, his life and philosophy in the company of Sain Zahoor. Having been over awed by his deep mystical eyes, I had to gather some courage to ask him all the valid and invalid questions I had in [...]