When the world is cruelly indifferent
\nI come to Nishat Bagh
\nTo resolve my problems.<\/p>\n
Is this a garden of paradise?
\nOr just a garden
\nWhere people love to stroll and picnic?<\/p>\n
It is not a garden but a celestial pavilion,
\nFloating island of serenity and fullness,
\nWhere angels dance invisibly
\nAnd His presence is all around.<\/p>\n
Look at the fine-cut terraces,
\nNecklaced with a central canal,
\nStudded with a concatenation of fountains.<\/p>\n
Nishat would be just a beautiful garden
\nWithout the enigmatic splendor of Dal in front
\nAnd the brownish halo of Zabarwan behind it.<\/p>\n
Chinars beckon to eternity,
\nDaffodils have shed their shyness,
\nBleeding roses skew perception:
\nTheir bed looks a massacre at the frontline,
\nA medley of pansies titillates our sense of subdued elegance.<\/p>\n
I come here often to forget the world
\nAnd reckon the progress of man:
\nHow much addictive greed, false strife,
\nAnd tinsel success have we shed,
\nHow much are we near the wonder we were born?<\/p>\n
I meditate at Nishat on the sins of man –
\nA moment in time touching the infinite.
\nI have not lost faith in man
\nThat one day he will rise above his illusions,
\nAnd set himself free from material lust.<\/p>\n
Technology is smart
\nBut it has cut man off from nature and fellow man,
\nSnuffed the wonder of life,
\nDarkened the light of God.<\/p>\n
Nishat Bagh is the culmination of our hopes,
\nTranscending dreams,
\nIgniting a world of spirit.<\/p>\n
It is a visual aura beckoning to a mysterious unknown,
\nI have a tryst at Nishat with a hope that man will change
\nAnd rise above his earthly creed.<\/p>\n
Suffern,
New York,
February 8, 2012
\nwww.Kaulscorner.com
\nmaharaj.kaul@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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