Growing Time…in Words!
मन मस्त हुआ तब क्यों बोले। हीरा पायो गाँठ गठियायो, बार बार वाको क्यों खोले। हलकी थी तब चढ़ी तराजू, पूरी भई तब क्यों तोले। सुरत-कलारी भई मतवारी, मदवा पी गई बिन तोले।। हंसा पाये मानसरोवर, ताल तलैया क्यों डोले। तेरा साहब है घर माहीं, बाहर नैना क्यों खोले। कहैं कबीर सुनो भाई साधो, साहब…
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Gift O my love, what gift of mine Shall I give you this dawn? A morning song? But morning does not last long – The heat of the sun Wilts it like a flower And songs that tire Are done. O friend, when you come to my gate At dusk What is it you ask?…
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દુનિયામાં જે કંઈ સુંદર છે, તે વિયોગના અગ્નિમાંથી બહાર આવે છે. અનંત આકાશમાં વિહરતી અનેક રૂપમૂર્તિઓ એ બીજું કાંઈ નથી, આવી વિયોગ અવસ્થાની, કલ્પનાની પાંખે ચડી ગયેલી પરીઓ છે. આકાશી તારાઓ, આખી રાત, આવી મૂંગી વેદનાનાં કરુણ કાવ્યો, એક બીજા પ્રત્યે નેત્રસંકેતથી બોલ્યા કરે છે, અને એ જ કરુણ કાવ્યો, અંધારી રાતે વરસાદભીંજ્યાં પાંદડાંમાં આવીને,…
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The First Jasmines Ah, these jasmines, these white jasmines! I seem to remember the first day when I filled my hands with these jasmines, these white jasmines. I have loved the sunlight, the sky and the green earth; I have heard the liquid murmur of the river through the darkness of midnight; Autumn sunsets have…
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मुरली बजत अखंड सदा से, तहाँ प्रेम झनकारा है। प्रेम-हद तजी जब भाई, सत लोक की हद पुनि आई। उठत सुगंध महा अधिकाई, जाको वार न पारा है। कोटि भान राग को रूपा, बीन सत-धुन बजै अनूपा ।। यह मुरली सदा से निरंतर बज रही है, और प्रेम इसकी ध्वनी है। जब मनुष्य प्रेम की…
Read MoreClouds are hills in vapor, hills are clouds in stones,- a phantasy in time’s dream. – – – – – – – – – – — – Light finds her treasure of colors through the antagonism of clouds. * * * * * * * * * The cloud gives all its gold to the…
Read MoreLet my love, like sunlight, surround you and yet give you illumined freedom. —- —- —- — — —- —- —- Days are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless night. * * * * * * * * * April, like a child, writes hieroglyphs on dust with flowers, wipes them away…
Read MoreMy friends, today I want to share works of my favorite poet Kabir. The unique thing about this post is the original Hindi verses are explained by renowned writer Ali Sardar Jafrisahab and English translation is by Shri Rabindranath Tagore, indeed best of both “words”! मन, तू पार उतर कहाँ जैहौ । आगे…
Read MoreWhere The Mind Is Without Fear Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the…
Read MoreThose who in the name of faith embrace illusion, kill and are killed Even the atheist gets God’s blessings- Does not boast of his religion; With reverence he lights the lamp of reason And pays his homage not to scriptures, But to the good in man. The bigot insults his own religion When he slays…
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