Tuesday, August 25, 2009

दिल ढूँढता है फिर वोही फुर्सत के रात दिन..

I remember Ladakh vividly only in bits and pieces...rest is a memory mist. Engulfing but escaping!

जाडों की नर्म धूप और आँगन मैं लेट कर
आखों पे खीचकर तेरे दामन के साए को ....

A special occasion warrants a special dress. And a special dress is saved, neatly wrapped, for the special occasion. Mountains need a special song. Some songs are meant for the mountains!

बर्फीली सर्दियों में किसी भी पहाड़ पर
वादी मैं गूंजती हुई खामोशिया सुने
आखो मैं भीगे भीगे से लम्हे लिए हुए

There were these mountains! Or was that a joke?

ठंडी सफ़ेद चादरों पर जागे देर तक
तारों को देखते रहे ,छत पर पड़े हुए...

Stardust fell on Stanzin's roof that night! No wonder we all gleamed even after the night faded. The starshine of stargazing shined....is still shining!

The memory mist engulfs but the memories largely escape...


औंधे पड़े रहे कभी करवट लिए हुए ....

All through the night!




6 comments:

Shobha said...

Awwww ladakh!!! saala!

Jamuna said...

Awwww!! Sacchee re! Saala. :D Chal?

Ramya said...

The gleam remains long after the night fades. The rainwater seeps and drips though leaves long after the rain stops. And, well, you know the rest...
Love the display pic too...

Shobha said...

Chal re...pukka promise :-)

Jamuna said...

Ramya: Your words ring long after they are said... :)

Anonymous said...

Hey, Evocative one this.

Trivia - which I hope doesnt detract from the beautiful imagery your post evokes :)

Gulzar's lyrics are one of the best riff of Ghalib Ive ever read!

Madan Mohan ji - Guru Drona to my ad hoc Ekalavya - was born in June and passed away in July. Im sure when you were there, he was looking down from The Mountain, still tuning into the Primal Sound that he so expertly set to material form.

It's amazing how he used the just-perfect Nepali mountain voice of Bhupinder for this song, rather than the usual mainstream Kishore or Rafi (who has a rather minor comic song in the movie).

True souls, old souls, brave souls, resonant souls - we all rise and shine from the Stars and crest on the Mountains :)

And invariably, treading the valley of life, when we stop to catch a tired breath ...

.. dil dhoondhta hai ...

My heart yearns for that verity
When on nights and days carefree
My beloved conjures in my fantasy
...

For sustenance, these souls and
the sitare you fondly gazed at or
the sitar whose plaintive strains Madan Mohan communed with -
they all resonate to the same profound Silence that echoes through the Valley.

And in the end, we return back to the Stars with

aankhon mein bheege bheege lamhe liye hue

In my eyes the bequests
of deliquescent moments



Great going, as always :)
Surj