{"id":1757,"date":"2021-07-13T20:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2021-07-13T20:19:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T20:19:51","slug":"orion-turn-on-your-speakers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/13\/orion-turn-on-your-speakers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Orion..! (turn on your speakers)   ..!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glynis, tanishaK,<\/p>\n<p>Music in the attachment<\/p>\n<p>My dear<\/p>\n<p>Thought I would share a\u00a0bit of the night sky with you. With the skies over Mumbai being fog-smogged just now\u00a0there is little chance\u00a0that one can see something like this at night here.<\/p>\n<p>We used to enjoy these pitch black star-studded\u00a0skies every night or early mornings at our\u00a0SSL rural camps &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I also remember as children, my siblings and I sleeping on the terrace in our bungalow in Vishakapatnam and seeing shooting stars and other celestial glories. That was very long ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There is an old and profound Arabian poem that goes so well with this beautiful sight&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><img class=\"wp-image-1758\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cid009701cc31d1dollar27011510dollar0201a8c0xaviers-1.jpeg\" alt=\"cid:009701cc31d1$27011510$0201a8c0@xaviers\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>O my Lord, the stars glitter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Rabi&#8217;a Al-&#8216;Adawiyya) <\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n(717 &#8211; 801)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">O my Lord,<br \/>\nthe stars glitter<br \/>\nand the eyes of men are closed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">Kings have locked their doors<br \/>\nand each lover is alone with his love.<\/p>\n<p>Here, I am alone with you.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">That is Orion in the picture&#8230;\u00a0I am sure you know that. Somewhere in the middle is the belt going down diagonally&#8230; and a little to the left is the sword&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">If you have ever camped out in the open countryside I am sure you would have enjoyed seeing this at night there too&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">Camp nights were always beautiful. Even more so when there was no moon and the skies were starry clear and radiant.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">In the rush of our daily living it is a pity we\u00a0do not make a little time\u00a0for the stars&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">Or much time to be alone with the Lord either&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">Wishing you\u00a0 more\u00a0alone time with the stars <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">and\u00a0with your Lord&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">Let me say it again&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>O my Lord,<br \/>\nthe stars glitter<br \/>\nand the eyes of men are closed.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>Kings have locked their doors<br \/>\nand each lover is alone with his love.<\/p>\n<p>Here, I am alone with you.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More beautiful skies and stars to all of you even as you walk your ways down here on earth!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">Take care.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">Love, Terry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/R\/RabiaAlAdawi\/index.htm\"><br \/>\nquerry2@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glynis, tanishaK, Music in the attachment My dear Thought I would share a\u00a0bit of the night sky with you. With the skies over Mumbai being fog-smogged just now\u00a0there is little chance\u00a0that one can see something like this at night here. We used to enjoy these pitch black star-studded\u00a0skies every night or early mornings at our\u00a0SSL &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/13\/orion-turn-on-your-speakers-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Orion..! (turn on your speakers)   ..!!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}