A poem by Bhai Baldeep Singh.
Photo by Noni Chawla.
Audio file for non-Punjabi script readers:
Sakar Khan – A poem by Bhai Baldeep Singh (Punjabi)
12 Monday Aug 2013
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A visit
09 Tuesday Jul 2013
On June 27, 2013, Uttrang K Khalsa drove all the way from Perugia, Italy, in her Fiat Cinquecento to study a dilruba —a song some, and said hello!
We sat in silence for a few hours;
she sat where she sat and I, where I was, then she left.
A canvas thus built.
Back in Napoli the next day in anticipation of my flight to the US, Luigi helped me with preparing the Japanese ink from the dry ink biscuits she’d brought. She had also brought some fine paper – seems acid free.
Calligraphy I did – a drawing I did, marking her visit:
Jigra Sati – A poem (Punjabi)
03 Wednesday Jul 2013
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I wonder this would be called a poem or me a poet, but whatever it is, am sharing with you:
Finally met God!
24 Monday Jun 2013
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Last night, Gawd came
On fours
With an ugly face
dirty, old and decayed teeth
Strange tongue
battered body
A long tail with ruffled-knotted hair
“You look as an Ass Gawd!” Said I.
…Saith He, “and I made Man and especially a Woman,
in the image of Me…
Heh Heh Heh Heh…
Chuckled He on
Scurried He on
As He pulled along
His caravan
Of worlds so many
Soon I found me buried under
the burden of the world I thought
was mine
was beautiful
was worthy
Wasn’t even a dream
Was just another nightmare.
Then I began to rage
I began to laugh
I began to cry
I began to sing
I became silent.
Then I had a caravan
Of my own.
As I began to walk
on my fours.
Trot Trot Trot Trot…
Punya Baithak Series: Haiku Poetry Festival
22 Saturday Jun 2013
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Dear Friends of Anad,
This Sunday, we will be blessed with the 6th Full Moon of the year 2013. As I am traveling for the months of June and July, Anad Core Team members have planned to host poetry events to mark the upcoming two full moons – providing you all much respite from my singing.
I am in Italy these days nursing a slipped disc in the lower lumber region. The doctors have told me that I have been a little fortunate – precautions aren’t my best friends. Driving is forbidden. I had my Innova engine roaring within an hour of a slipped disc on June 12 just as Air Marshal Dr. Amarjit Singh Chahal advised me not to drive over the phone. I even wrote a “poem” on my slipped disc leaving the ones in their places still, fuming. “Upon slipping only one gets a note of acknowledgement, eh?!”, they all said in tandem! Oops, this post was about the Punya Baithak!
Here is the info:
You are all humbly requested to converge at the Fort of Sultanpur Lodhi to celebrate Haiku by some very fascinating poets – and of course, this will be our second full moon event without electricity!
Professor Sarbjot Singh Behl, Dr. Mandip Mann, Surinder Sapera, Satvinder Gill and Rajinder Singh Ghuman will recite their Haiku poetry on Sunday, June 23, 2013 between PM-s 4:00 – 7:00 at Sultanpur Lodhi Qila, District Kapurthala, Punjab.
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Punya Baithak 31-Raga Series V – Raga Gujri
24 Friday May 2013
Of Memories Of Tatt
11 Thursday Apr 2013
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Holi Hai…
27 Wednesday Mar 2013
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Shower the colours of. Maya
away
Expose yourself before the mirror of. Sach
today.
If. you see. a colour. or more
Holi then only. You May Play…
BBS. Holi Alaukik. March 27, 2013.Fort, Sultanpur Lodhi, Kapurthala
ਜੀਅੜਾ ਅਸਾਡਾ (A poem in Punjabi)
23 Saturday Mar 2013
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ਸਾਕਰ ਖਾਂ ਤੇ ਗਹਾਂ… (In Punjabi)
19 Tuesday Mar 2013
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Sakar Khan with his brother Pempe Khan. 1976.
Photo Courtesy – Khete Khan Manganiar.
ਸੋਚਿਅੜੋ ਕਿ ਅਸਾਂ
ਅਰਸ਼ਾਂ ਤੋ ਆਵੜੇ ਸਾਂ॥
ਜਦ ਅਸਾਂ ਸਾਕਰ ਖਾਂ ਕੋਲੀਂ ਜਾਵੜੇ ਸਾਂ
ਤਾਂ ਮੁਸਕਾਨ ਸੀ
ਖੇੜਾ ਸੀ
ਹਾਸਾ-ਖੇੱਡਾ ਸਾ
ਵੇਗ ਵਿਚ ਆ ਓਸੜਾਂ ਖੂਬ ਵਜਾਇ ਪਿਆ ਸਾ॥
ਕਈ ਵਰ੍ਹੇ ਅਸਾਡੜੇ ਗੁਜਰੇ
ਇਸ ਖਿਆਲੜੇ ਵਿਚ
ਕਿ ਇਹ ਕੌਤਕ ਅਸਾਡੀ ਤੇ ਓਸਾਂਦੀ
ਅਰਸ਼ੀ ਮੁਹੱਬਤ ਦਾ ਸਾ॥
ਪਰ ਕੁਝ ਦਿਨ ਬੀਤੇ
ਇਕ ਝਲਕੀ ਵੇਖਨੇ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲੀ
ਸਾਕਰ ਖਾਂ ਸੀ
ਮੁਸਕਾਨ ਤੇ ਖੇੜਾ ਓਹੀ ਸਾ
ਜਜਮਾਨਾ ਨੂੰ ਖਿਡਾਵਨੇ ਦੀ -ਰੀਝਾਵਨੇ ਦੀ
ਕਲਾ ਵਿਚ ਉਲਝਾਵਨੇ ਦੀ
ਤਰਤੀਬ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਓਹੀ ਸਾ
ਓਹੀ ਗੀਤ ਸਾ
ਓਹੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਸਾ
ਓਹੀ ਰੀਤਿ ਸਾ
ਪਰ ਓਥੇ ਸਰਵਣਿਆਵੜਾ ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰ ਸਾ॥
ਅਸਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੌਕਨ ਅੱਖਰ ਦੇ
ਅਰਥ ਸਮਝੀਆਵੜੇ ਸਾਂ।
ਕਿ ਰਬ ਭੀ ਕਲੜੋ ਅਸਾਂਡੜੋ ਨਾਹਿ ਹੋਵਦੋ
ਸਾਂਝੜੋ ਸੋ॥
ਅਸਾਡੜੋ ਭੀ
ਤੁਸਾਡੜੋ ਭੀ ਹੋਵਸੋ॥
©2013.
Bhai Baldeep Singh. February 24, 2013. Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.