Dear Amith..Thanks for your Wonderful Translation ..Waited for this translation
for a very very long time. We, the group were missing your contributions for a
while and you were back with a bang!
Amith Chandhran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This writer called Rabah Nazki once happened to travel to Chennai by the
business class; and surprisingly found the person sitting besides him was A. R.
Rahman! Here is what he has written about AR he observed during the journey.
Long back this article was shared in the group. I could not translate it then.
The original article is written in Urdu, and is posted here. This is the
free-hand translation of the same article. I am not translating the article
word-to-word due to the lack of time and the limitations of the translation.
But don't worry, am taking care that you don't miss the important content in
its pure form!
Enjoy, comments from Urdu knowing people, like Jawad, Silal and others are
welcome..
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A. R. Rahman is a combination of innocence of a child and simplicity of a
saint. I recently met him on Mumbai to Chennai trip. When I introduced myself
to him, he noticed the similarity in my name and that of Rabah Basri's, and in
no time, we started talking. He was very frank; in fact; our conversation
started in the air travel and ended in his home in Chennai!
Far away from the material world:
What I realized thru the conversation about him is that he is far away from
the material world. He started talking on spirituality by saying "Whenever the
plane takes off, I think this would be my last journey of life". He went
further describing how music and spirituality go hand in hand. "You cannot take
one out of the other. Music lets you look inside within you. It takes you on
such a high, far away from this material world, and moreover, it also takes you
nearer to the God. You feel the purification that takes place within you while
listening to music. Maybe this is the reason why music is sometimes called an
integral part of devotion of Dhikr and Ibaadat."
"We used Sufiana music in Chhaiyyan Chhaiyyan from Dil Se.. and people
appreciated it a lot. That is only because; Sufiana music is all about
devotion. People can easily relate to it. Music cannot be created on
conditions. According to me, while creating any form of art, the only thing
which should be taken care of is that it should be perfect piece of craft. We
should do our best to get the perfection."
Only because of my mother:
Whatever I am today is only because of my mother. I can never forget what she
has done for us. After my father passed away, she insisted that I join the
music. She had seen a dream for me and she has worked very hard for that dream
to come true. She was more confident than anyone else that I'd be a musician
sometime. She knows what's right and what's wrong for our family better than
anyone else. She has a great intuition. There is something divine about her".
Spirituality and religion:
"For me religion is like an instruction manual. You know the instruction
manuals which come with mobile phones? I think religion is something like that.
It is an instruction manual for the human beings, to make them the perfect
human beings."
"Religion teaches us a lot: regarding many things in life. It teaches
maintaining the relations with others; heading to the right path in life;
thinking in a better way and almost everything. If we follow the things
perfectly we will certainly be happy in our lives, and will have mental peace."
"Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.) has once said, listen to your inner voice, and
it will guide you, it will tell you the rights and wrongs. The God is within
us, and we are the most closer-ones to the God. Only necessary thing is to know
about yourself and your needs."
"In this modern age, every person should try to follow his own religion
perfectly. And the teaching of all the religions is in fact one and the same.
That is- loving others and spreading the peace! Is it not?"
Music is what I breathe:
"Music runs through my blood vessels. The very first show ever in my life -
in which I had performed - was conducted when I was about 11 years old. Being
in music since my childhood, I knew that success doesn't come all of a sudden,
but it comes gradually. People started appreciating my music very slowly, after
listening to it through the radio programs, television shows; live shows and
later in the films. Couple of years ago, I felt that the live concerts are much
more exciting and stimulating for the audience as well as our musicians. I feel
the audience shares the music running thru my blood vessels. This is the
feeling which helps the musicians to grow."
"Music is devotion only. Music itself is a language, which everyone can
understand. It gives peace. Music is the language of spirituality which knows
no boundaries. Music is beyond all religions, castes, and all kind of
differences. Believe me; one good song can change your life. I know some
people, who, rattled by the experiences in life, were on the way ending their
life. But it was music which didn't let them do that and they changed their
minds. This is the effect of music. Won't you say this is something spiritual?"
All the rest is momentary:
"If you accept that the change is bound to happen and that the only
permanent thing in this world is change, you learn to keep balance between your
heart and mind. Maybe this way is not an easy way but I learnt this at very
tender age, due to the experiences I had during my childhood. We had everyone
with us on our side when my father was alive, and there was no one left with us
after his demise. This was the world practically and this was the truth. After
suffering thru all this for a while, I understood that name, fame, money and
everything is temporary, and thus, going after all these things is of no use."
"These days I'm working on Sufiana music again. Having heard a lot about
Kashmir's relation with Sufi music, I wish I could visit the place sometime.
Its very beautiful place but times are not well there. If I get a chance to
visit, I really would like to go there... only if my mother permits..!"
"I have suffered a lot during my childhood days. That made me complex and
therefore I became a believer in God and spirituality. I believe that when you
learn to treat successes and failures equally, then only you can survive in
life."
--
Trusting in God never makes the mountain smaller, it just makes the climbing
easier. I never ask Him for the lighter load, but only for the stronger back. -
A. R. Rahman.
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