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TRIBUTE TO OUR SOLDIERS.....
mood: 
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sympatheticSome time ago, i had a friend pop a question :
"Which is the saddest song you've ever heard ?"
And when i pondered, i realized that any song that i chanced to hear when i was feeling sad appeared to me to be the saddest song i ever heard.
Actually, isn't that really so?
But just the other day, i was in one of my chirpy moods and listening to World Space ( a 24 hours radio station) and it played a song that had my eyes moist at the end of it! And i realized that it has happened everytime i've chanced to LISTEN to this song !!!
So, yeah, now i know what to answer the next time someone pops that question my way.
The song is from a Bollywood flick from yesteryears (1998) titled BORDER and its about the feelings of those beautiful people who dedicate their lives (and sacrifice the luxuries most of us take for granted -love, home, family, friendship, fun) to serving the nation.
They are --OUR BELOVED SOLDIERS.
The lyrics of the song are penned by a well-known poet Javed Akhtar and i must say the words pierce the heart when one puts oneself in the shoes of those valiant soldiers or their beloved (and still more valiant) parents, wives, and children waiting for them at home...
Here's for those of you who want to check it out right now :
I'm also just going to vaguely translate the lyrics of this beautiful song for the benefit of those who don't follow Hindi..and who might chance to stumble on this entry.
The lonely Soldiers lament....
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Beautiful letters keep coming from home.....
and they trouble my soul...
They keep asking over and over
when are you coming home?
Please write to let us know
when are you coming home?
Everything feels so lonely without you..
the letters keep saying...
The letters keep coming
from my beloved sweetheart
carrying a touch of her warm breath
her beating heart
her beautiful bangles
her kajal-laden eyes
her lustrous flowing hair..
her endless empty nights
her aching-to-hold-me arms..
and her constant waiting..
and keep asking over and over..
when are you coming home?
The letters keep coming
from all my friends
from my loving hometown
from the clouds there....
from the fields...
from the meadows..
from the flowers..
and they keep asking over and over
when are you coming home?
The letters keep coming
from my adorable mother.. and reminds me of
my childhood days
my carefree life...
my mother's prayers
her lullaby
her chiding
her worry
her endless love..
and she keeps asking over and over
when are you coming home?
My dear wind that blows..
could you please do me a favor?
Could you please travel far..
and greet my dear hometown and my dear friends for me..
Could you please give my sweetheart a touch of my love...
Could you please greet my mom and bring back her blessings..
Could you please tell them all..
That i will come back!
Yes, i will come back!
I will come back to my home
I will come back to the streets i grew up on
I will come back to my friends
I will come back to those kajal laden eyes of my sweetheart
I will come back to the arms of my loving mother
I will keep my promise to the nation,
but i will come back....
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I am touched once more... and I take this moment to salute the selfless Soldiers of ALL nations!
May the force be with them and their loved ones at all times !!!!