embedded in

You Live In Beautiful Circles carefully

by Harjeet Singh (Nagpal) selected ...
alias Sahir Dehlvi diamonds, topaz,
rubies ...
Begum, you live in and emeralds ...
beautiful circles ... in colors
and are always that will
surrounded ... never fade ...
by page three or get
society ... washed
women and men ... over time ...
the glitterati by weather
and or sunlight ...
the paparazzi press ...
Some of
Your hair is always your bangles ...
tied immaculately ... are always
in a bun and chiming ...
held responsibly ... some forgotten
by pins and pearls strains of
and partly veiled romance ...
with a loose like a song ...
ribbon-like scarf ... like a poem ...
with lady-like like blues ...
modesty like jazz
in hijab ... with each
least their gesture and turn ...
sheer length ... of your delicate
wavers you fingers ...
into ... wrists and
unwanted hands ...
entanglements
As a matter of
A simple fact ...
gold band you walk, you talk
adorns itself ... you rock, you sing
and collars your you glide, you fly
slender neck ... like Waltz ...
with the family like Indian Kathak ...
insignia ... like Arabic Raqs ...
announcing like Spanish Flamenco ...
your heritage ... like our last Tango
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in Buenos Aires ... for what you
like old time personify
retro Bollywood and hold dear
razzmatazz ... to your heart
like Cuban and your
Cha-Cha-Cha ... dignified sense ...
like dance ... of carriage
like dance ... and dress ...
like dance ... that sets you
apart from ...
You are draped the common ...
in flowing silks ... the crude ...
in exquisite and
chiffons ... the shameless ...
in high-neck
sleeved blouses ... The ebbing
and tunics waves salute
that contrast the shores ...
or pleasantly after high tide
match from ...
and when you the Indian ocean
walk past ... that bowed ...
there is touched and
temporal silence kissed ...
a shudder the sands
a wave of time
like the irresistible on which ...
nostalgia of ... you stand
the scent and walk
of a woman... on enchanting
like something tree-lined
classic from ... pastoral lands ...
ancient times laden with
yet ... the fragrance
never-the-less ... of soil ...
always fresh ... that has
only recently
And after been
you are gone ... rain-drenched ...
there are echoes saying farewell
of applause ... saying khuda hafiz
for you (or may God be with you ...
for your charm in Urdu ...)
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 saying alvida be always blessed
(or good-bye, is said ...
till we meet again ...) but for some its
just ...
You are Masha Allah !
remembered who was that ? ...
with honor and as the coffin
and reverence ... is lowered and
even while finally interred ...
youre hale with a volley
and alive ... of gun-shots
with into the air ...
the dignity farewell my friend ...
reserved farewell comrade ...
only you are remembered
for the dead ... today and always ...
like in a with honor
posthumous and reverence
guard of honor is messaged
for a fellow to the dead ...
war veteran ...
with clasps of You are greeted
uniformed hands with aplomb ...
against rifle-butts ... and ceremonious
lowered guns protocol ...
in reverse arms ... like a 21-cannon
and regal salaam ...
caps off heads ... to a nations visiting
and as Emperor or King ...
the buglers play or a President and
"La muerte no es el final" Head of State ...
the Spanish version of with the loud
"Death is not the End" ... sounds of
and sound the last post military
with the tune "Taps" ... brass bands ...
the contingent and the regular
lowers their eyes pounding of
silence prevails marching feet ...
for a but amidst the din
ceremonial tribute one can hear ...
a silent prayer a dream ...
and in the end ... a soft cry ...
may his soul mounting to
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 a scream the fetish of
may your legacy imagining you
go on ... naked and
may you never undressed ...
die ... there never was
we offer you any reason
our welcome for anything
our salute like that
our tribute
our salaam ... I love you
so much ...
A beautiful just
naval-strap ... the way ...
(kamar-band) ... you are ...
draws
attention ... I can't
to your imagine ...
slim waist ... loving you
more ...
Your feet without
are held ... the risk of
in caged collapsing ...
shoe-straps ... under
least they the stress ...
soil when ... of a racing
you walk pulse and ...
our earth ... an almost
certain ...
I needn't heart-attack ...
mention any
description... Your eyes
of your are soft ...
contoured illuminated ...
shoulders telling and ...
bosom and they seem
breasts ... to chat ...
let them stay
just as Those who
beautiful as go into ...
they are ... their depths ...
are always
I have never rewarded ...
indulged in ... by a different ...
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twist in the tale ...
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reasons ... tips the balance in favor of fair use.
to live by ...
and look In addition the poet-author-lyricist of this
you up ... work expressly permits free coping and
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under Creative Commons amongst
You live in passionate poetry lovers for their reading
beautiful circles ... pleasure but not for commercial purposes,
and I ... as long as credit is given to the copyright
in difficult ... holding poet-author-lyricist.
side-lines ...
Inspirational Acknowledgements:
All I can do
to please you ... I am indebted to the Urdu Poet Afzal
is to Ahmad Syed from Pakistan, for his
come back ... beautiful poem Tum Khubsurat Da'iron
running like Men Rahti Ho which has been translated
a faithful dog ... by Asif Farrukhi and Frances W. Pritchett
that you in an anthology of postmodern Urdu poets
mistakenly ... translated into English, entitled An
by oversight ... Evening of Caged Beasts. The translated
left title You Live in Beautiful Circles has also
unleashed ... been used by me and I understand that
***** titles of literary works are outside the
July, 2015 preview of copyright.
All Rights Reserved
Harjeet Singh (Nagpal) I also acknowledge the influence of the
alias Sahir Dehlvi beautiful 1992 Academy Award (Best
from Bhopal, India Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best
Comments and criticism are welcome. Adapted Screenplay) winning film The
sahirdehlvi@gmail.com Scent of a Woman produced and directed
by Martin Brest based on Il buio e il
Note : miele (Italian: Darkness and Honey) by
In the Copyright Acts of the Berne Giovanni Arpino starring Al Pacino and
Convention following countries, allowance Chris ODonnell while composing my work.
is made for "fair use" for purposes such as

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More specifically, it is the inspirational
influence of the Tango scene in this film
with the song "Por una Cabeza"
(Performed by The Tango Project) a tango
with music and lyrics written in 1935 by
Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera
respectively.

(You can watch the Tango scene here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2z
Td_YwTvo
The Tango - Scent of a Woman
Movie CLIP (1992) HD)

Thank You

Harjeet Singh /
Sahir Dehlvi

July 13, 2015

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