Some things may seem to elude
Like sand from a closed hand,
If you persist
No sand can ever leave your hand
Until you make a beautiful figure out of it!
That Darbari Kanada you tried to master and sing
May seem like an eel
Always eluding you, when you try to catch it,
Listen to all those musicians who have used that raaga
Like a cakewalk in their songs,
Keep humming it in your sleep and waking hours
Love it like Tansen himself who created it-
It will come to you like your pet dog one day!
When you persist
you learn to be resilent,
Add some love to what
You are trying to succeed in
That is the formula of every success
In this world!
Persist, persist, persist
Until you win one day
Add some love to what you do
So that you can keep smiling
When you finally succeed!