Best Tabla Poems

These bronze companions 
Dha-dhin-dhin-dha flows from the soul 
Through seasoned fingers 
Tete-kata-gadi-gana 
Six decades of dance in palms

Father's rhythms —
Dha-dhin-dhin-dha lives within 
Each strike and echo 
Tete-kata-gadi-gana 
Alla Rakha guides the movement of hands

Punjab flows through — 
Dha-dhin-dhin-dha spinning fast 
Like Sufi dancers 
Tete-kata-gadi-gana 
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