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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Mai Harinder Kaur" data-source="post: 139185" data-attributes="member: 3558"><p>This is a poem that I have not been able to get out of my head. I first came across it in a book called <em>Poems of War Resistance, </em>Scott Bates, ed. in 1970.</p><p></p><p>It still haunts me. The less said the better. Just read the poem and look at the picture.</p><p></p><p> <strong>Nightmare, With Angels[/FONT]</strong></p><p> </p><p> By Stephen Vincent Benét[/FONT]</p><p> </p><p>[/FONT]</p><p>An angel came to me and stood by my bedside,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Remarking in a professorial-historical-economic and[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] irritated voice,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]"If the Romans had only invented a decent explosion-[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] engine![/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Not even the best, not even a Ford V-8[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]But, say, a Model T or even an early Napier,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]They’d have built good enough roads for it (they[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] knew how to build roads)[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]From Cape Wrath to Cape St. Vincent, Susa, Babylon[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] and Moscow,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]And the motorized legions never would have fallen,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]And peace, in the shape of a giant eagle, would brood[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] over the entire Western World!"[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]He changed his expression, looking now like[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] a combination of Gilbert Murray, Hilaire Belloc and[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] a dozen other scientists, writers, and prophets,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]And continued, in angelic tones,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]"If the Greeks had known how to Cooperate, if there'd[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] never been a Reformation,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]If Sparta had not been Sparta, and the Church had been[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] the Church of the saints,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]The Argive peace like a free-blooming olive-tree, the[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] peace of Christ (who loved peace) like a great,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] beautiful vine enwrapping the spinning earth![/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Take it nearer home," he said.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]"Take these Mayans and their star-clocks, their[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] carvings and their great cities.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Who sacked them out of their cities, drowned the cities[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] with a green jungle?[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]A plague? A change of climate? A queer migration?[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Certainly they were skilful, certainly they created.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]And, in Tenochtitlan, the dark obsidian knife and the[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] smoking heart on the stone but a fair city,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]And the Incas had it worked out beautifully till Pizarro[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] smashed them[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]The collectivist state was there, and the ladies very[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] agreeable.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]They lacked steel, alphabet and gunpowder and they had[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] to get married when the government said so.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]They also lacked unemployment and overproduction.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]For that matter," he said, "take the Cro-Magnons,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]The fellows with the big skulls, the handsome folk, the[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] excellent scribers of mammoths,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Physical gods and yet with the sensitive brain (they[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] drew the running reindeer) .[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]What stopped them? What kept us all from being Apollos[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] and Aphrodites[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Only with a new taste to the nectar,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]The laughing gods, not the cruel, the gods of song, not of[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Supposing Aurelius, Confucius, Napoleon, Plato, Gautama,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] Alexander--[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Just to take half a dozen--[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Had ever realized and stabilized the full dream?[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]How long, O Lord God in the highest? How long, what now,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] perturbed spirit? "[/FONT]</p><p> He turned blue at the wingtips and disappeared as another[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] angel approached me. -[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]This one was quietly but appropriately dressed in[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] cellophane, synthetic rubber and stainless steel,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]But his mask was the blind mask of Ares, snouted for[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] gas-masks.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]He was neither soldier, sailor, farmer, dictator nor[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] munitions-manufacturer.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Nor did he have much conversation, except to say,[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]"You will not be saved by General Motors or the pre-[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] fabricated house.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]You will not be saved by dialectic materialism or the[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] Lambeth Conference.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]You will not be saved by Vitamin D or the expanding[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] universe.[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]In fact, you will not be saved."[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Then he showed his hand:[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]In his hand was a woven, wire basket, full of seeds, small[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] metallic and shining like the seeds of portulaca;[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT]Where he sowed them, the green vine withered, and the smoke[/FONT] </p><p>[/FONT] and the armies sprang up.[/FONT] </p><p> </p><p> [/FONT]</p><p> <em>Picture credits: I believe all pictures used in this are in the public domain except for the gas mask, which is one recommended for civilian use by the Israeli army</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mai Harinder Kaur, post: 139185, member: 3558"] This is a poem that I have not been able to get out of my head. I first came across it in a book called [I]Poems of War Resistance, [/I]Scott Bates, ed. in 1970. It still haunts me. The less said the better. Just read the poem and look at the picture. [B]Nightmare, With Angels[/FONT][/B] By Stephen Vincent Benét[/FONT] [/FONT] An angel came to me and stood by my bedside,[/FONT] [/FONT]Remarking in a professorial-historical-economic and[/FONT] [/FONT] irritated voice,[/FONT] [/FONT]"If the Romans had only invented a decent explosion-[/FONT] [/FONT] engine![/FONT] [/FONT]Not even the best, not even a Ford V-8[/FONT] [/FONT]But, say, a Model T or even an early Napier,[/FONT] [/FONT]They’d have built good enough roads for it (they[/FONT] [/FONT] knew how to build roads)[/FONT] [/FONT]From Cape Wrath to Cape St. Vincent, Susa, Babylon[/FONT] [/FONT] and Moscow,[/FONT] [/FONT]And the motorized legions never would have fallen,[/FONT] [/FONT]And peace, in the shape of a giant eagle, would brood[/FONT] [/FONT] over the entire Western World!"[/FONT] [/FONT]He changed his expression, looking now like[/FONT] [/FONT] a combination of Gilbert Murray, Hilaire Belloc and[/FONT] [/FONT] a dozen other scientists, writers, and prophets,[/FONT] [/FONT]And continued, in angelic tones,[/FONT] [/FONT]"If the Greeks had known how to Cooperate, if there'd[/FONT] [/FONT] never been a Reformation,[/FONT] [/FONT]If Sparta had not been Sparta, and the Church had been[/FONT] [/FONT] the Church of the saints,[/FONT] [/FONT]The Argive peace like a free-blooming olive-tree, the[/FONT] [/FONT] peace of Christ (who loved peace) like a great,[/FONT] [/FONT] beautiful vine enwrapping the spinning earth![/FONT] [/FONT]Take it nearer home," he said.[/FONT] [/FONT]"Take these Mayans and their star-clocks, their[/FONT] [/FONT] carvings and their great cities.[/FONT] [/FONT]Who sacked them out of their cities, drowned the cities[/FONT] [/FONT] with a green jungle?[/FONT] [/FONT]A plague? A change of climate? A queer migration?[/FONT] [/FONT]Certainly they were skilful, certainly they created.[/FONT] [/FONT]And, in Tenochtitlan, the dark obsidian knife and the[/FONT] [/FONT] smoking heart on the stone but a fair city,[/FONT] [/FONT]And the Incas had it worked out beautifully till Pizarro[/FONT] [/FONT] smashed them[/FONT] [/FONT]The collectivist state was there, and the ladies very[/FONT] [/FONT] agreeable.[/FONT] [/FONT]They lacked steel, alphabet and gunpowder and they had[/FONT] [/FONT] to get married when the government said so.[/FONT] [/FONT]They also lacked unemployment and overproduction.[/FONT] [/FONT]For that matter," he said, "take the Cro-Magnons,[/FONT] [/FONT]The fellows with the big skulls, the handsome folk, the[/FONT] [/FONT] excellent scribers of mammoths,[/FONT] [/FONT]Physical gods and yet with the sensitive brain (they[/FONT] [/FONT] drew the running reindeer) .[/FONT] [/FONT]What stopped them? What kept us all from being Apollos[/FONT] [/FONT] and Aphrodites[/FONT] [/FONT]Only with a new taste to the nectar,[/FONT] [/FONT]The laughing gods, not the cruel, the gods of song, not of[/FONT] [/FONT]Supposing Aurelius, Confucius, Napoleon, Plato, Gautama,[/FONT] [/FONT] Alexander--[/FONT] [/FONT]Just to take half a dozen--[/FONT] [/FONT]Had ever realized and stabilized the full dream?[/FONT] [/FONT]How long, O Lord God in the highest? How long, what now,[/FONT] [/FONT] perturbed spirit? "[/FONT] He turned blue at the wingtips and disappeared as another[/FONT] [/FONT] angel approached me. -[/FONT] [/FONT]This one was quietly but appropriately dressed in[/FONT] [/FONT] cellophane, synthetic rubber and stainless steel,[/FONT] [/FONT]But his mask was the blind mask of Ares, snouted for[/FONT] [/FONT] gas-masks.[/FONT] [/FONT]He was neither soldier, sailor, farmer, dictator nor[/FONT] [/FONT] munitions-manufacturer.[/FONT] [/FONT]Nor did he have much conversation, except to say,[/FONT] [/FONT]"You will not be saved by General Motors or the pre-[/FONT] [/FONT] fabricated house.[/FONT] [/FONT]You will not be saved by dialectic materialism or the[/FONT] [/FONT] Lambeth Conference.[/FONT] [/FONT]You will not be saved by Vitamin D or the expanding[/FONT] [/FONT] universe.[/FONT] [/FONT]In fact, you will not be saved."[/FONT] [/FONT]Then he showed his hand:[/FONT] [/FONT]In his hand was a woven, wire basket, full of seeds, small[/FONT] [/FONT] metallic and shining like the seeds of portulaca;[/FONT] [/FONT]Where he sowed them, the green vine withered, and the smoke[/FONT] [/FONT] and the armies sprang up.[/FONT] [/FONT] [I]Picture credits: I believe all pictures used in this are in the public domain except for the gas mask, which is one recommended for civilian use by the Israeli army[/I] [/QUOTE]
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