Wetenschappers

Wetenschap is wat wetenschappers doen

Dutch for "Science is what scientists do"

wetenschap !

Is It?

Is the human brain capable of understanding the human brain?

Aawara Hoon

....Kal shab mujhe beshakl ki aawaaz ne chaunka diya
Maine kaha tu kaun hai?
Usne kahaa aawaragi

Ek ajnabi jhonke ne jab pucha mere gam ka sabab
Sehara ki bheegi ret par maine likha aawaragi...

My ongoing translation attempts:

....Kal shab mujhe beshakl ki aawaaz ne chaunka diya
Maine kaha tu kaun hai?
Usne kahaa aawaragi

Taken aback by a voice faceless, nameless last night,
Who are you, I asked?
The Bohemian, the voice answered

Ek ajnabi jhonke ne jab pucha mere gam ka sabab
Sehara ki bheegi ret par maine likha aawaragi..

When a strange unexpected breeze asked me of the lessons of my travails,
On the wet sands of the desert, I wrote - The Bohemian...


-Aawaragi (Ghulam Ali)
Lyrics Mohsin Naqvi

झीनी रे चदरिया (Jhini Re Chadariya)

झीनी रे झीनी रे झीनी चदरिया, झीनी रे झीनी रे झीनी चदरिया
के राम नाम रस भीनी चदरिया, झीनी रे झीनी रे झीनी चदरिया
अष्ट कमल दल चरखा डोले, पांच तत्व, गुण तीनि चदरिया
साइँ को सियत मास दस लागे, ठोंक-ठोंक के बीनी चदरिया
सो चादर सुर नर मुनि ओढ़ी, ओढ़ी के मैली कीनी चदरिया
दास कबीर जतन सो ओढ़ी, ज्यों की त्यों धर दीन चदरिया

This is fine, fine cloth.
It is been dipped in the name of the lord,
The spinning wheel, like an eight-petal lotus, spins,
Patterned with five tatvas and three gunas,
The Lord stiched it in ten months,
The threads have been pressed to get a tight weave.
It has been worn by gods, people, and sages,
But they soiled it with use.
Kabir says, I have covered my self with this cloth with great care,
And eventually will let go of it just as it was.

-Kabir (Translation Courtesy of Nila Kantha-Chandra)

Stubborn...

I do not want my house to be walled in on sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be swept off my feet.

- M.K. Gandhi

Mera Joota Hai Japani,
Yeh Patloon Englishtani,
Sar Pe Laal Topi Roosi,
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani...

- Raj Kapoor, Shri 420

Junoon...

...Chod meri khata,
Chod meri khata,
Chod meri khata,
Tu to pagal nahin...

- Sayonee (Junoon)

Bridge Over Troubled Water..

"...I'm on your side. when times get rough
And friends just cant be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down..."

-Bridge Over Troubled Water (S&G)