A Suppressed Sob
U Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
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When I write Gaza,
my pen bleeds red,
I am drowned
in the sea of hatred.
a million corpses dance
to the slowest tune
of a Sufi song of dhikr
with withering smile.
I try to smile too,
but my lips quiver
in a suppressed sob.
Someone plays an Ayin
on her Ney.
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1) dhikr- literally means ‘remembrance'. It is a form of Sufi Islamic prayer in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly chanted in order to remember God.
Music is central to the Sema ceremony of the whirling dervishes.
2) ‘Ayin' is a form of Sufi music, a vocal and instrumental piece featured often the Sema ceremony.
3) ‘Ney' is a reed flute, a Turkish classical instrument used in Sufi music.
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