बस यूँही….

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The storm within and without…
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One very noisy and visible to all, the other not so. The thunder and lightning resonated with the upheavals occurring in me, in weird unison.
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Nature reflected what was going on within.
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I was reminded of an old poem, nearly 600 years old, with a quaint title.
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Sir Thomas Wyatt, ‘Innocentia Veritas Viat Fides Circumdederunt me inimici mei’.
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Who list his wealth and ease retain,
Himself let him unknown contain.
Press not too fast in at that gate
Where the return stands by disdain,
For sure, circa Regna tonat.

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The high mountains are blasted oft
When the low valley is mild and soft.
Fortune with Health stands at debate.
The fall is grievous from aloft.
And sure, circa Regna tonat …
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The rather less-than-catchy Latin title of this wonderful poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-42), a pioneer of English poetry in the Renaissance, translates as ‘my enemies surround my soul’ and is sometimes known by its first line, ‘Who list his wealth and ease retain’.

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But the poem is better-known for its use of another Latin phrase, the refrain ‘circa Regna tonat’: ‘it thunders around the realm’. It is this powerful thundery metaphor that brings in the image of the wild, untamed forces of nature.
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#Untamed_Nature
#The_Storm_Rolls_By
#Hopelessly_In_Love_With_Nature
#Aweinspiring
#The_Journey_Within
#The_Great_outdoors
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Two words some might not be aware of:
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तलातुम: पानी की थपेड़े, तूफ़ान, जोश, हलचल, हंगामा, उमंग, तरंग
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इस्तिकलाल: धीरज, सब्र