A Different Sound

"Mai yahi ruki hu, jaha mai hamesha se hu"

Lehro ki tarah sangeet beh raha hai

aur mera darshak bheengta hi jaa raha hai

It's all coming together,

the mountains, the birds, the trees,

flowers... swings, earth, wooden doors, bees,

the sounds of these.

chalne do, bas chalne do

let the sounds merge, marry

let sounds rise

be taken over by each other

... dissipate

in awazon ki god mei mujhe

kuch samay ke liye so jaane do

"- dekha jaaye to tumne kab mujhe roka hai

wo to mai hi samay ki gaanth mei fansi,

shaanti ke andhkaar mei band baithi hu"

When the fire speaks

when earth listens

when they mingle

there sprouts a different sound.

A sound so different, that you lay under it.

Shringi

November 25, 2011

Painting by Ethelyn Woodlock.