Today is Ash Wednesday, the Wednesday before the start of Lent. TS Eliot concluded his poem Ash Wednesday with these lines:
Blessèd sister, holy mother, spirit of the fountain, spirit
of the garden,
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks,
Our peace in His will
And even among these rocks
Sister, mother
And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea,
Suffer me not to be separated
And let my cry come unto Thee.
Today is Ashish's Wednesday too. And, he wrote a few years (plus a few days) before:
तुम्हारे और मेरे बीच
इतने जन्मों का फासला तो होना ही था,
किसी जन्म में तुमने हाँ कहा,
किसी जन्म मेंने ना कहा,
जिस जन्म में तुम रो पड़ी,
उस जन्म में मैं हँस पड़ा,
इस जन्म में तुम्हारा स्पर्श हुआ ,
पर मैं जाने किस भँवर में खो गया।
और कुछ जन्म तो बीतेगें ही,
मेरे देश में वह मुश्किल मिलता है।
-25 Feb '86
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