Deborah, how appropriate these words are for noting this day in history. Thinking it was a recent composition I searched for the words to read so I could better grasp all of the lines and was surprised, but I shouldn't have been, to see that Bob Dylan sang this in 1964. I don't recall in particular but perhaps he sang it when I saw a live performance of his in Vancouver in 1966.
The Cloud Messenger (Meghadūta) is a lyric poem by the respected Indian poet, Kālidāsa. The poem centers around a yaksa in exile. Longing for his beloved, waiting for him on a Himalayan mountain, he asks a cloud to take a message to her. The sights he tells the cloud it will see on its way make up most of the poem.
The idea of recording observations appeals to me. I thought The Cloud Messenger was the perfect title for a blog about the journey that we all make as we move through our days.
I'm a baby boomer who grew up dancing in the streets of Detroit during the classic Motown years, lived beside the Rocky Mountains for many years, now retired and living (and writing full time) in S. Ontario. I have one blog for rock 'n' roll oldies, and one for nature, poetry and life along the Lake.
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May we never forget!
Deborah, how appropriate these words are for noting this day in history. Thinking it was a recent composition I searched for the words to read so I could better grasp all of the lines and was surprised, but I shouldn't have been, to see that Bob Dylan sang this in 1964. I don't recall in particular but perhaps he sang it when I saw a live performance of his in Vancouver in 1966.
Just absorb the words and think on it.
I played this and then scratched my head. I knew it was a Bob Dylan cover; I just didn't know what year. Excellent choice, Deb.
a day that is etched deeply ..
My thoughts are with the family members left behind!
Thank you, Deborah.
what a perfect choice of music and artist.
thank you
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