To the water flowing in the
Mother River
Million hopes get aspirations
With million diyas* there to
inspire you
It is always an undreamed-of
illumination
An opulence of brilliance
A grandeur of colours lit bright
That awaits you
To take you into its embrace
Literally, metaphorically,
symbolically
The view that you look at
With joy
That phenomenon that goes deep
into inner you
Enlightening you
The experience that leaves you
wanting for more
With tales to tell
The day when you celebrate light
with Gods
The day when you sing life with
Gods
An evening when you become one with
Kashi’s soul
An evening when Gods express the
joy of being here
The tales of that evening
When the full moon day is at its
blossoming peak
Bringing radiance to the night the
day seeks
The evening, the night, the day
Aesthetic, spiritual, mystical or
religious
It’s all there for you to live
the way you want
The way your soul needs
Taking you into embrace
Literally and metaphorically
As the youthful morning of the
full moon day
Gets younger as the evening gets
into night
Revealing a mesmerizing horizon
Where your soul flows with the
Ganga
Bathed in the light of million diyas
Floating along, scattered across
On the Ganga, at its ghats
Celebrating life, celebrating
light
On the Dev Deepawali night
From the Ganga ghats
To the river stream of the Holy
Mother
Millions hopes get inspiration
With the radiance of million
diays
Immersing your soul into a wordless
realm
Where thoughts interact and speak
With your eyes fixed at colours
of life
Dancing and singing hymns of
liberation
The day is here again
When Gods will descend
And humanity will greet them with
élan
To spend some quality time together
Sitting with the Mother Ganga in
Shiva’s Kashi
Come, live your life
Come, feel your voice within
Come, the city calls you
Come, the day is here again..
DEV DEEPAWALI
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
*Diyas - Earthen Lamps
