Sunday, January 21, 2007

Depression Is ...

Depression.
Has anyone listed what depression is?
Nazrul wrote a poem "Sritshti Sukher Ullashe", describing happiness,
Yet even he gave Depression a miss.

Depression is the lack of answers,
From the pious who are now taken to task,
The constants that defined the boundaries are gone,
And the sinners – in the halo of piety do they bask.

Depression,
Do tauba and all is forgiven, says our Lord,
What is the use of living good,
When the ticket to heaven is just one word?

Depression is a list of names
That is slowly being crossed,
As you realized each and every one of your friends,
Is closer to truly being bossed.

Depression is the breaking of a heart,
When one is forced to say no,
The slow pause as she takes it all in,
And for the final time types "got to go".

Depression is the sound of a glass, raised in toast, clinking,
It is the sound of the final call for his flight,
Your best friend has a job in another country.
Who will you now call in the middle of the night?

The lack of creativity,
The stifling of productivity,
The rolling back of celebration,
And the all-consuming fire of envy and jealousy.

Depression.
Thy name is the black spot of the heart.


Whenever I feel down, this video is always good for a laugh :-D



20 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:50 pm

    Beautiful, dear Mezba! Beautiful!

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  2. Anonymous10:53 pm

    The video - Eww! :D

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  3. Anonymous11:08 pm

    Depression is seeing a God-awful video like that on the same post as your bea-u-tiful poem ;-)

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  4. Anonymous10:21 am

    Man, that video was hilarous..
    dont cry o baby dont cry..i'm just coming
    and i know u are missing me
    HAHAHAA

    Let me give you an other site that you would laugh from the moment this video starts. :)
    This is bound to erase all the depression syndrome signs in everybody.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=UjXi6X-moxE

    -Behbood

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  5. Anonymous12:11 pm

    Salamaat,
    aww what's depressing you? I hope you feel better soon...

    Do i dare check out the video? Hmmmm...

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  6. Anonymous12:16 pm

    Salamaat,
    EWWWWW and HAHAHAHA...

    It's worse than I had imagined.

    Okay hold on while I go barf :)

    Like Farah said you've just redefined depression with that one :)

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  7. Anonymous12:41 pm

    Apparently today is Blue Monday as decided by someone or the other in the UK. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245465,00.html

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  8. Thanks for the comments about the poem.

    Wow, so many of you watched the video even though it was in Bengali. Ha ha! The Bengali mithun. Read the first few comments on the youtube link that people left for the video lol.

    Behbood, will check out that link.

    Wow ruby, I did not know that. That must be it then, Maliha.

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  9. Anonymous2:48 pm

    LMAO!I just read the comments on youtube,some pple r hilarious!!! I wonder if the girl had a headache after all that crying! The chorus is so cheesy. :) sf

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  10. Anonymous8:32 pm

    Mez, check these Bengali movie titles out, guaranteed to get rid of the blues!

    shami keno ashami
    baba keno chakor
    ma keno chor
    rani keno dakat
    bostir rani suraiya
    ma er dua
    rikshawala dudu mia
    kala kafon jinda laash
    tomar ma er kosom
    bus driver quddus
    bidrohi bodhu
    bhalobashiya gelam fashiya
    chorer bou pulish
    char shotin
    rokte ranga shodorghat
    footpath er bhalobasha
    prem er agun
    dada keno fokir

    - Sohail.

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  11. Anonymous10:15 pm

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!

    omdg!!!!!!!

    oh sweet-tee

    that is too much, this had to be the funniest video ever, forget me and samosa!

    mezba, would you say the clothes were racy in bengali terms? I wasnt aware the girls actually wore jeans like that there.

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  12. Anonymous10:41 pm

    Here I was hoping to write a few words of comfort, but now I feel it's utterly futile! If that video didn't uplift your spirits I don't know what else would. HILARIOUS find! I literally fell off my chair laughing (or loughing)!

    Just a thought, Sylvia Plath wrote her best poems when she was consumed by her depression. I pray you don't reach that same intensity as she did, but use whatever creativity you can get from your misery now, since most of us want it to be short-lived :) Take care of yourself.

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  13. Oh no, no body is praising my poem. I am depressed people, I need love!!!

    Thank you Chick.

    lol

    Farah, heh, I thought that video was a nice companion to my downer of a post. And your comment mA...

    Maliha, just down with general issues of life. It could be as Ruby mentioned.

    Ruby, wow. I did NOT know that when I posted.

    Although now I am quite perked up. Sohail's list had a lot to do with it.

    If there is anything funny in Bengaliland Sohail will find it. I would have scoffed at that list has I not personally seen some of those film's paintings and clips when back in Bdesh.

    Behbood hahahaha.. that is so cute.

    sf, the comments were good eh, esp. about the phone part!

    Isheeta lol. I thought you might find that movie funny. I am coming!!!

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  14. Mango hehe.. hope it's a temporary thing eh?

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  15. Isheeta, the clothes do appear to be a bit racy for Bangladesh. Especially that blue bare shoulder one. I mean I have seen some pretty modern girls in bd but that is a bit racy. Wow.

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  16. Anonymous8:34 am

    I'm feeling kinda depressed myself. Maybe its the cold, gloomy weather, you know?

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  17. Anonymous9:10 am

    Hope you feel better now,it's also probably due to the weather, some pple really get very depressed during winter :) sf
    Yes, the phone comment, hehehehe!

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  18. The girl in that video was crying but her eye makeup wasn't running. THE FRAUD!

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  19. I can relate to this. Very well stated. Depression is not easy to describe but you have definteily touched on something real with your words. I hope you feel better now...

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  20. khonika: prolly the weather has a lot to do with it but life in general was kinda low.

    sf: that phone comment was the best!

    asmaa: welcome to Dollywood.

    Aisha: I hope you are feeling better now too.

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