Friday, February 14, 2014

Indians: Why all this singing and dancing?

Indians are known around the world for our Bollywood movies, dancing and singing. We are very emotional people and live life with our hearts wide open. For every stage in our lives, for every event in our lives our people have penned inspiring poems, songs and stories that stir us out of monotony and drudgery. From the vast and deep ocean of beautiful literature, poems and songs, I bring but a few grains of sand.

Panchhi nadiyan pawan ke jhoken : (A song for lovers separated by country borders)
Panchhi nadiyan pawan ke jhoken, koi sarhad naa inhe roke, sarhaden insaano ke liye hain, socho, tumne aur maine kya paaya insaan hok. Jo hum dono panchhi hote, tairte hum is neele gagan mein pankh pasaare, saari dharti apni hoti, apne hote saare nazaare. Khuli fizaaon mein udte, apne dilon mein hum saara pyaar samaake
Birds, rivers, gusts of wind, no border inhibits them. Borders are for people, think about it, what have you and I gained by being born as humans? If we were both birds, we would soar in this blue sky...spreading our wings. The entire earth would be ours. Ours would be all sights. In the open air we would fly...taking all the love in our hearts.

Kisi Ke Muskurahaton: ( A song on what Life is all about )
Kisi ki muskurahato pe ho nisar, Kisi ka dard mil sake toh le udhar, Kisi ke waste ho tere dil me pyar, Jeena issika nam hai. Mite o pyar ke liye woh zindagi, Jale bahar ke liye woh zindagi. Kisi ko ho naa ho hame toh aitbar,  Jeena isika nam hai.
To offer yourself so someone can smile, To share someone’s grief. To have love in your heart for someone. This is what life is all about! To perish for love ..that is Life! To crave for spring .. that is Life! This we believe, whether others do or not. This is what Life is all about!
 
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara: (A poem to live every moment fully ) 
Dilon mein tum apni, Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho Toh zinda ho tum, Nazar mein khwabon ki Bijliyan leke chal rahe ho Toh zinda ho tu. Hawa ke jhokon ke jaise, Aazad rehno sikho. Tum ek dariya ke jaise, Lehron mein behna sikho. Har ek lamhe se tum milo Khole apni bhaayein. Har ek pal ek naya samha Dekhen yeh nigahaein. Jo apni aankhon mein Hairaniyan leke chal rahe ho. Toh zinda ho tum Dilon mein tum apni Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho. Toh zinda ho tum
If you carry restlessness in your heart then you are alive. If you carry dreams in your eyes then you are alive. Learn to live like the free waves of the wind. Learn to flow like the sea does as waves. Receive every moment in life with open arms. Every moment is a new beginning seen with your eyes. If you carry surprise in your eyes then you are alive. If you carry restlessness in your heart then you are alive

When these words are set to beautiful rhythm, how can we not sing or dance?? 

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