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by xl_target » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:39 am
Ah c'mon, Diwali, for the kids at least, would just be another day without the lights and fireworks.
As the sage would say, in inimitable verse:
Agnishikha, esho, esho, ano ano alo.
--Oh fire-filament, come, bring bring (thy) light.
Dukkhey shukhey gharey gharey grihadeep jwalo..
--amidst happiness and sadness – in every home light the home-lamp..
Ano shakti, ano dipti, ano Shanti, ano tripti,
ano snigdho bhalobasha, ano nityo bhalo..
--Bring shakti, bring glow, bring peace, bring fulfillment,
Bring sublime love, bring good everyday
Esho punyo-patho beye esho hey Kalyani-
Shubho supti, shubho jagoron deho ani.
--come via the sacred path, come hey Kalyani (one who does good)
Conscious and unconscious states may please be blessed
Dukhorate matribeshey jege thako nirnimeshey
Anando-utsav tabo shubhro hnashi dhalo..
--on a sad night (sad because of new moon darkness- physical interpretation – and evils – the symbolic interpretation)
On a sad night – like a mother you stay awake all night
For the blissful-celebrations – pour your blessed smile..
--Rabinda Nath Tagore
Happy Diwali all!
“Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense” — Winston Churchill, Oct 29, 1941