Cinema – Nikola Vaptsarov

There's a crowd at the door where the floodlit posters proudly announce: "A human Drama." There's a crowd at the door and the King's nickel horseman sweats in the pressure of my pain. On the square white screen in the darkened hall the Metro lion sleepily yawns. Suddenly a road and a forest appear, and …

History – Nikola Vaptsarov

History, will you mention us In your faded scroll? We worked in factories, offices - Our names were not well known. We worked in fields, smelled strongly Of onions and sour bread. Through thick moustaches angrily We coursed the life we led. Will you at least be grateful We fattened you with news, And slaked …

The Fiddler – Karl Marx

The Fiddler saws the strings, His light brown hair he tosses and flings. He carries a sabre at his side, He wears a pleated habit wide. "Fiddler, why that frantic sound? Why do you gaze so wildly round? Why leaps your blood, like the surging sea? What drives your bow so desperately?" "Why do I …

A Blessing – Swami Vivekananda

The Mother's heart, the hero's will, The softest flowers' sweetest feel; The charm and force that ever sway The altar-fire's flaming play; The strength that leads, in love obeys; Far-reaching dreams, and patient ways, Eternal faith in Self, in all, The light Divine in great, in small; All these and more than I could see, …

A Dream Within A Dream – Edgar Allan Poe

Take this kiss upon the brow!And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow-You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream;Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone?All that we see or seemIs but a dream …

It Was A Very Good Year – Ervin Drake(From The Muppets)

It Was A Very Good Year When I was seventeen it was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights We'd hide from the lights on the village green When I was seventeen When I was twenty-one it was a very good year It was …

Teri Mehfil Mein – That Classic Qawwali from Mughal-e-Azam

A classic qawwali from Mughal-e-Azam – one of the immortal movies of Bollywood and one of the immortal songs of Bollywood. The left section is sung by Shamshad Begum9for Nigar Sultana) and right one by Lata Mangeshkar(for Madhubala) in response. Both the actresses are explosively beautiful in their own ways. teri mehfil mein qismat aazamakar …

Bush Children – ???

Eyes of hazel and of blue,  Raven locks and golden tresses,Lips of rosy-tinted hue  Pouting for the fond caresses,Laughter filling hearts with joy,  As the merry moments whirl,Father loves his manly boy,  Mother dotes upon her girl. Gambolling across the glade,  Sporting through the tea-tree mazes,Resting 'neath the wattle's shade,  When the summer's red sun …

Je Est un Autre – Lawrence Durrell

He is the man who makes notes, The observer in the tall black hat Face hidden in the brim: He has watched me watching him. The street-corner in Buda and after By the post-office a glimpse Of the disappearing tails of his coat, Gave the same illumination, spied upon, The tightness in the throat. Once …

(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover – Nat Burton, A World War II Song

There'll be bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see. I'll never forget the people I met Braving those angry skies I remember well as the shadows fell The light of hope in their eyes And though I'm far away I still can hear them say Sun's up For when …