22 February 2023

Ash Wednesday

 

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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