Category: music

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Please click on the triangle icon to play some music… preferably listen with headphones or good speakers to hear the details! 8)

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This was composed just for fun, using some computer software, using short clips that can be assembled together, much like building blocks. Other examples of software to create music on a PC are FLStudio or lmms.

I’m not a musician, I have no knowledge of musical instruments. I think it has a sort of abrupt ending but I spent over an hour so at some point had to finalise it Comments/criticism welcome.

Recently I was watching Bombay, a top class movie (directed by Mani Ratnam) based on the communal riots in Mumbai after the shameful Babri Masjid demolition, a dark scar in our nation’s history.

The year 1995 when this movie was released was a nice era when though I was in engineering college, we school friends were in touch on a regular basis. This song was one of our favorites, and we listened to it countless times. This song makes me takes me back in time!

The context behind the song is that the man is waiting for the woman, not knowing whether she will accept his love and turn up or not.

As my Tamil knowledge is neglibile, I never knew the wordings of this melodious song till now, when I read the subtitles of the movie. So here are the lyrics translated to English, of the Tamil song Uyire…

Dearest one, come and become one with me
My beloved, make me one with you

Memories, become a part of me
Oh fair Moon, become one with the sky
If there is love, let it bloom before my eyes
If fate intervenes, make me one with the dust

Dearest one, come and become one with me
My beloved, make me one with you

There’s life in my body as I await the breath of my life
If my little flower dosen’t come I’ll turn to ashes on this mountain side
I don’t care if I lose my life
That’s not the reason for this song
To have a bright future with my love
That’s what I long

Is it the beginning or the end?
Ive left it in your hands
Dearest one, today I’ve become one with you
I’ve overstepped my limits for the love of you
Memories, you’ve become a part of me
Dreams, you’ve become a part of my reality

Just one look & I lost myself
How could I stay away from you?
When one eye lights up with love
Won’t the other one brighten up too?

Like a river flows through the rocks
I came to see my beloved’s face

Like the gently waiting breeze
I came to hear my beloved’s voice
Even my tears taste sweet today

In the Sufi tradition of Islam which really appeals to my heart, God is referred to as ‘beloved’. From this perspective, any of the romantic film songs can sound like a devotional song! 🙂

Also see: Kahlil Gibran on Love

Still buried under tons of miscellaneous activities but felt compelled to write a short note.

Heard just a few seconds of some music and felt there was something unique about it. My aunt was viewing Doordarshan for a change, and the violinist playing the music was Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan

The extraordinary thing was the unpredictability.

Usually while listening to any music, we almost half-expect the next note. There is a certain sequence to it, and when that sequence is pleasing it becomes music for us. But sooner or later, we get tuned into this sequence, and the listening becomes more and more passive and uninvolved. We eventually lose the freshness of every single moment.

Here the extraordinary thing with this music was that it – not just the notes, but also the sometimes long pauses of abrupt silence between the notes – seemed to be totally random – somewhat like noise, but at the same time, it was not noise but beautiful music! Almost like a contradiction! That tendency to just becoming ending up becoming a passive listener wasn’t possible at all, one felt compelled into becoming an active listener for each and every moment!

Since I’m writing this in a hurry, don’t know if I’ve made any sense 😉