Rabaab

By Seemaant Sohal

Navkiran' and 'O Charam' are two books of a poetry collection by Seemaant Sohal that have been published under the aegis of Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi, Udaipur. The author was given the Sumnesh Joshi award for his book 'Navkiran.' He (along with Mayamriga and Pramod Kumar Sharma) has edited the short stories and poetry collect

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
• Release date: Jan 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9789389888355

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Prologue

Perhaps some other day...

The Baba wanders

Sometimes alone

Sometimes with two disciples

Both the disciples

Follow Baba

And Baba follows Onkar(1)

Baba’s thirst is great

His wanderings are greater

Some jungles

Await Baba

Some cities

Are jungles

Without him

He must make a true bargain

He must find poor Lalo’s(2) house

He must teach the Kazissalat

And the Pandits - Aarti(3)

He must curse the good folks

And bless the evil ones

Baba has a lot to do

Only one Onkar?

One shall

Handle the self

Or one’s solitude?

We too would have

Choice

Of prayers

If you oblige so, Baba!

Baba speaks

Through his disciples

Baba stops

The rolling stones

Baba sings

With the Rabab

Not a disciple

Nor a stone

Neither a Rabab

I am

¹)Omkara - the syllable Om; ²) A Devotee; ³) worship by showing a lighted