and…
I shall be right back
Swarnjit Savi
Translation : Gurshminder S jagpal
Fine tune Tabla
Tighten chords with
small hammer
fingertips
Touch strings
Enliven some Saarangi
Rabaab
Introspect
Infuse self
with entire life’s absolute quiet
Thus enthused with
sentiments and waves
come
upto the fingertips
Brimming
Enliven some Bhairav
take alaap
and…
I shall be right back
Lift heel
close eyes
sway hands…palms… fingers
Change postures
Become embodiment of
tidal -notes
Spin
your total being
On
your thumb
Slightly raise your chin
Let smile play on your lips
Embrace within your arms
the speed of love
Feel
Touch of every atom
on each limb
Be one with momentum
and…
I shall be right back
Dip brush in colours
And look at the canvas
with asceticism
as if
sighted after years
Pierce through
as cosmic soul of colours
With
hands , eyes , sentiments
Lend intense hues
to the spread of heavenly-canvas
Submerge in everything…
sepulchral silence
dawn-dusk
autumn–spring
darkness-light
And…
I shall be right back
Pick
a peaceful page
hold a pen
look within
get imprinted
beyond barriers of
past future and present
beyond boundaries of
relationship
sentiments and bodies
Fly along with
masses , earth , sky
beyond cosmos
Let hurricanes of love and mutilation, storm
Let flow, deep oceans of quiet
Descend into the
depths of meditation
and utter something
heart soothing
Like the cold droplet
on the fires of grief
Write something that heals
body and soul
and…
I shall be right back
Get naked
squat under the cold shower
experience the fall deep within
Let
The leaves of body sprout
Let
the senses dance and sway
Dream
Oh! dreamer
Let the sufi spell intoxicate
skin and spirit
Get mesmerized
till the bathroom becomes
universe
And…
I shall be right back
…………