Music Was Born Before Man Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Man has been charmed by cuckoo's mating call,
Wood thrush, mynahs1 never failed to enthral,
And rustling brooks, singing streams on roll,
In awe of dancing strings from crests a fall,

From wafting breeze he learnt how to whistle,
Rhythm, beats from raindrops falling on roof,
Bemused by dry leaves under trees bristle,
He heard tides turning at sea, heard beast's hoof.

Man may have spent years ere scaling high peak,
He learned to dance ere could on two feet walk,
And learned to sing before began to speak,
Man was poet prior he peaked to talk.

He saw things, heard sounds, pondered on a pause,
Lulling newborns on breasts haply in grunts,
He picked musical ideas from infants,
For, music in man was born ere he was.
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1. Mynah: One of the Indian starlings that mimic human voice.
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Musings | 02.07.08 |