Poem from the hindi movie Paap

Hi,
I would like to share a very beautiful poem which was recited by the actress Udita (playing Kaya) in the Pooja Bhatt-directed movie Paap. The sublime poetry (see below) is in Hindi:

"Kholo kholo apni aankhen

aur gaur se suno ...

dene ko toh bahut kuch hai,

par apna sa kuch dena chahti hoon ...

 

 ek boond suraj ki,

ek qatra aasman ka,

koyal ki aadhi kook

aur kuch jagmagate sapne ...

 

achcha lage toh aur maango ...

dene ko toh bahut kuch hai,

par apna sa kuch dena chahti hoon ...

 

 aasman sa aaina,

ek dibbi titliyon ki,

ek chamach nadi ki dhar,

 aur ek mutthi zindagi ...

achcha lage toh aur maango ...

dene ko toh bahut kuch hai,

par apna sa kuch dena chahti hoon"

-https://www.filmyquotes.com/movies/939

 I have translated it in English for the viewers. Here is the English translation:

"Open, Open your eyes

And listen carefully,

Many things are there which can be given 

But I want to give something personal to you

One drop of the sun,

A fragment of the sky,

Half song of the cuckoo bird,

And some glittering dreams

If that feels good, ask for more

Many things are there which can be given 

But I want to give something personal to you

Sky akin mirror,

A box of butterflies,

A spoon of the river,

And one handful of life

If that feels good, ask for more

Many things are there which can be given 

But I want to give something personal to you"

The power of intention in the universe- through a short film

Hi,

I had watched this great short film, and I would like you to watch it first (URL is My Shoes (2012) dir. Nima Raoofi - MAPS Film School

before I talk about the specific part on which my post is all about.

In the above amazingly inspirational short film, we do see that there is this primary idea of seeing happiness in contentment. But I see that it also contains another hidden idea of role of intentions and its connection to the universe. For example, the poor boy with poor broken shoes is seen sitting under the tree and envisioning the richer boy which he sees on the bench with new appealing shoes, and imagining the new shoes, and then he speaks out his intention to the universe, the words literally are," I want to be like him!".  And there it is, he had indeed made that wish come true but soon he realizes the grim mistake he made as the so-called rich boy with great shoes was actually handicapped.  So, there it is, the truth of making a wrong intention or perhaps, not wording what he wanted properly, made it backfire.

Why I am stressing on this is because, somehow, of late I have come to believe in the idea of attracting what you want in your life by the power of correct intentions and putting it forth exactly as you visualize it.
I am not also saying that if the poor boy would have said something like," I want to have shoes like him", it would have come true necessarily, but I do believe it may have, depending on how strongly he wanted them. It appeared that his desire for good unworn shoes was eclipsed by his desire for wealth and happiness which he misinterpreted from the face of the boy on the bench.

Anyhow, all I want to emphasize is that be mindful of what you ask of the universe, because the majestic universe does conspire to make it happen in ways we might not know then!

Poem- God's smile

Hi,
I'd like to share a small sweet poem I wrote which was inspired from a photograph. Here it goes:

Poem:  God's smile

And then the moon

Waned and waned

Until

it could be illustrated

to the world

that God does

also

smile

once in while

--Shilpi, Aug 18, 2013