Poet William Blake
"To see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wildflower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour?"
I was reminded of this line which I thought Carl Sagan
had said once, in this ghazal I heard yesterday,
by Begum Akhtar.
rang-e-bahaar-e-subah-e-gulistaa.N kyaa dekhe vo diivaanaa
jis kii nazar ne ek hii gul me.n saaraa gulashan dekhaa hai
I was talking to Bhabhiji on the phone and she mentioned this line
and at the same moment, I was listening to it on the computer,
it was so surreal
mere ham_nafas mere ham_navaa mujhe dost ban ke daGaa na de
uzr aane me.n bhii hai aur bulaate bhii nahii.n
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Begum Akthtar ghazals
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