Mehfil

Keep relationship with soil,

A little sweetness in talk.

No matter how old you grow,

Keep old age away from mind.

There will be fun in life,

Should you have an attachment in mind.

Criticize you may others,

But do keep a mirror in front.

Should you take someone’s help in life,

Be indebted too for life.

Should you achieve something,

Consider it a game of destiny,

Leave aside arrogance.

SOURCE UNKNOWN

The Last Word

From the family who’ve just lost a husband and father, a man of many virtues and a few vices, someone not perfect, yet a papa, an inspiration and a contradiction, someone who had very diverse interests and a zest for life, who unfortunately fell prey to the unyielding demands of Father Time and the one certainty of life – death; a thousand thanks to all the readers who encouraged him, engaged with him, conversed with him, taught him , learnt from him, gave him endless hours of virtual company and pleasure.

We would like you all to join us in celebrating a life well lived and say a silent prayer for him to continue with his cherised endeavours in the afterworld. The memories live on beyond the breath and after the words.

ECCE ANIMAL

WIR SCHAETZEN HASEN, HIRSCH UND REH

NACH JAEGERART, INDESSEN,

VERSPUEREN WIR EIN LEISES WEH,

BEIM ERSTEN GLASE BEAUJOLAIS

BEVOR WIE SIE GEGESSEN.

ICH KOENNTE NIE UND NIEMALS NICHT EIN SOLCHES TIERLEIN TOETEN

UND LEISTE DESHALB GERN VERZICHT

AUFS ANIMALISCHE GERICHT,

SPRICHT MANCHER MIT ERROETEN.

DOCH SCHON BEIM NAECHSTEN GLASE WEIN

WIRD ER VERGNUEGT ENTDECKEN,

WIE KANNIBALISCH UND WIE FEIN

IHM HAS UND REH UND WILDES SCHWEIN

MIT EINEM MALE SCHMECKEN

DER MENSCH IST GUT UND BUCHT ZUMEIST

FUER SICH DIE BESTEN TREFFER,

INDEM ER JEDERZEIT BEWEIST,

DASS, WAS ER TRIFFT, ER MEIST VERSPEIST,

DA LIEGT DER HAS IM PFEFFER11111

FRIDOLIN TSCHUDI