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About Darshan Singh
Timeline (1921 - 1989)
English version by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi
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How did I ever think silence the language of love?
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How did I ever think silence the language of love?
What I thought would not come to light was in plain sight.
I hear my silence talked of in every lane;
The suppression of a cry is itself a cry of pain.
The beloved's regard was but a flash of light;
How innocent to think I'd found eternal bliss.
These, too, in the end were the gardener's: the lightning and the wind
And that handful of pitiful straws I'd called my nest.
Darshan, the glances I'd fancied voiced my love --
Even they couldn't convey the unplumbed depths of my longing.
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A
chaikhana is a teahouse along the legendary Silk Road pilgrimage and
trading route linking China to the Middle East and Europe. It is a
place of rest along the journey, a place to shake off the dust of the
road, to sip tea, and to gather together to sing songs of the Divine...
