That Long Wait

A new post in the series - A Poem and A Song

It is actually quite amazing when you find the same thought being expressed through a picture, a poem, a song, or even a gesture. Perhaps it happens because the thought has sunk deep into you, at least for the time being, and you just view a certain picture, read a certain poem and hear a certain song as expressions of that singular thought. 

Or perhaps they really are conveying the same thought, but in different shades and hues. 

And it just so happens that when that very thought captured your attention, certain pictures, poems and songs also appeared before you allowing you to delve deeper into the thought and let it reveal its deeper essence to you. 

Regardless of how it happens, it is always a moment to relish and cherish the beauty. The beauty of the picture, the song, the poem. The beauty of the experience. The beauty of the moment.

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She waits. And waits. Will he come this evening? What if he doesn't come? What will I do? How will I bear more waiting?

But wait a minute, what if he actually comes? Is the garland ready? Is the lamp lit? Am I ready? Even worse, will I recognize him?

And so it goes. Every evening, every night. New morning, same old waiting. Old love, a new kind of waiting.

She waits. And waits.

Waiting

The song I came to sing 

remains unsung to this day. 

I have spent my days in stringing 

and in unstringing my instrument. 

The time has not come true, 

the words have not been rightly set; 

only there is the agony 

of wishing in my heart….. 

I have not seen his face, 

nor have I listened to his voice; 

only I have heard his gentle footsteps 

from the road before my house….. 

But the lamp has not been lit 

and I cannot ask him into my house; 

I live in the hope of meeting with him; 

but this meeting is not yet.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

Singer: Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

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