Alpbach, Austria: Part II

Dekhna aasman hi baras na pade zameen pe...

Congress Zentrum, Alpbach

View from Haus Andreas, Alpbach

Church, Alpbach

Christ

Rahen na rahen hum, mehka karenge banke kali...

Cafe Reblaus

For those who want to sit and gaze at infinity

Comments

Anonymous said…

Nice pics and captions. I liked "rahein na rahein hum....". Chacha Ghalib ne is photo ke liye likha tha:

"sab kahaan, kuchh lal:-o-gul mein numaayan ho gayin
khaaq mein kya sooratein hongi, ki pinhaan ho gayin"

chamka?

24 June, 2008 17:00

Shazia said…

Amit, zara meri bhasha mein samjhane ki koshish kariye.
To be honest- "Nahi chamka"

25 June, 2008 04:23

Anonymous said…

haan, dhyaan se suniye, aur sochiye bhi.

Ghalib dekhte hain ki ek kabra ke ooper phool khile huye hain. and he perceives it as follows:

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[sab kahaan, kuchh lal:-o-gul mein numaayan ho gayin; सब कहाँ, कुछ लाल:-ओ-गुल में नुमायां हो गईं]

not all, but only few (virtues of the dead) are being exhibited [numaayaan] by this flower

[khaaq mein kya sooratein hongi, ki pinhaan ho gayin; खाक़ में क्या सूरतें होंगी, कि पिन्हां हो गईं]

then how virtuous are those hidden [pinhaan] deep in this soil!
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Ghalib chacha ko salaam. kya idea socha hai!

aur YouTube ka ye video dekhogi to aur bhi kalyan ho jaayega:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJild4iGl4

26 June, 2008 01:41

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