Saturday, April 19, 2014

Random

az golestan begu, az bostan begu
barayam az insaan o shaitan begu
ke jaan bar lab shodam baraye kessehat
begu az mah o kehkeshaan begu

az anal haq e mansour, az nei rumi
az shakh-e-nabat e hafez, az shahan e firdausi
az simurgh o rustom, az shams-e-tabriz
begu az in o oun, begu az hamecheez


These are just some random thoughts I had few days back about the deep desire to lose myself  in the world of stories..let me try to translate.... 

Tell me of Golestan and Bostan (two important works by Saidi, an important Persian poet ,quite popular in Kashmir too), 
Tell me about people and evil (Satan) 
I am craving for your stories, 
Tell me about moon and constellations, (heavenly bodies)
Tell me about Anal Haq of Mansour, Rumi's flute, Hafez;s sweetheart and kings of Firdausi (the  painting is illustrating a scene from Shahnama of Firdausi), 
Tell me about simurgh (an imaginary bird found  in persian mythology) and Rustom, tell me about everything under the sun.
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Ponderings

In that inner solitude
where nothing dwells  but eternal peace
Lost all sense of desire
Desire that burns body and soul alike

Alas! It was a momentary feel
The desire hasn’t been really killed
How it hurts to desire now!
Now it comes with a feeling of guilt.