{"id":2432,"date":"2013-07-13T01:41:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:41:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:41:34","slug":"49-conversations-of-the-dead-dinshah-perizade-vol-01-early-cultural-writings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/03-cwsa\/01-early-cultural-writings\/49-conversations-of-the-dead-dinshah-perizade-vol-01-early-cultural-writings","title":{"rendered":"-49_Conversations of the Dead – Dinshah – Perizade.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tPart Five <\/font>
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\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tConversations of the Dead <\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tSri Aurobindo wrote these dialogues in 1910 or shortly
\nbefore. He published the first two in the
\nKarmayogin<\/i> \t\t\tin 1910. The other three were published in 1920\u00ad23
\nwithout his editorial supervision; they are reproduced \t\t\there from his manuscripts.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tDinshah, Perizade <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tD<\/span><\/font>INSHAH<\/font><\/span>
\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPerizade, the shades of Iran were not so cool and sweet as \t\t\tthese in our city of Mazinderan. The gardens that bloom on
\nthe banks of the river of peace are carpeted with lovelier and sweeter-scented flowers; and the birds that sing upon every tree
\nand make the day melodious with the unearthly delight of their \t\t\tclamorous harmonies, are of so various a plumage and hue that
\none is content to satiate the eye with the softness and splendour without caring to know name and kind. Here for two thousand
\nyears we have tasted the bliss of the angels; but, I know not why, \t\t\tit seems to me that memories of Iran come back to my heart.
\nThe waters of the Jihun and the tents of the Tartars where the tribes of Afrasiab wander, Damascus the opulent, and our own
\ncities, where the houses of our parents adjoined and we leaned from the balcony and talked in soft whispers, seem to me again
\ndesirable. \t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tP<\/span><\/font>ERIZADE<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI too would not mind returning to our old haunts. It is not that I
\n\t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\tam weary of Mazinderan, but something calls to me to have joy
\nagain that is mortal and fleeting, but not without its poignant sense of a swiftly-snatched and perfect bliss. Yet Dinshah, two
\nthousand years have passed and shall we not consider, before \t\t\twe go, what has come to the places we loved? Other men, other
\ntongues, other manners may now possess them, and we should \t\t\tcome as strangers into a world for which we are no longer fit.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tD<\/font><\/font>INSHAH<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI will go and see. Wait for me, Perizade.  
\n\t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tD<\/font><\/font>INSHAH<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tPerizade, Perizade, let us not return to earth, but remain for ever in Mazinderan. I have seen the earth and it is changed. How wise
\n\t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\twert thou, my angel!
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tP<\/font><\/font>ERIZADE<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tWhat didst thou see or hear, beloved?
\n\t\t\t<\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tD<\/font><\/font>INSHAH<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI saw a world stripped of beauty. Mean and clumsy were the
\nbuildings, or pretentious and aimed at a false elegance. Miles \t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\tof brick, with hardly a bit of green here and there, these are
\nthe cities. Ever a raucous roar goes up from them, the glint of \t\t\tfurnaces and the clang of metal; a dull, vicious smoke clouds
\nthe sky; the gardens are blasted and there is no beauty in them. \t\t\tMen wear a hideous dress uglier than their joyless faces and
\nawkward limbs. It is a world of barbarians; the gnomes have \t\t\tcome up from under the earth to work in the sunlight.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tP<\/font><\/font>ERIZADE<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tDinshah, this is sorrowful news, for go we must. Do you not
\nknow that these urgings are the signal? \t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tD<\/font><\/font>INSHAH<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tYes, my Perizade, but not to this hideousness did our hearts
\n\t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\tmove us to resort, but to the towers and gardens of Iran.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tP<\/font><\/font>ERIZADE<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tIt may be, Dinshah, that we go down to make the world once
\nmore what it was, a place of beauty, song and delight. Surely, if \t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\twe enter into the world you describe, we shall not be content to
\nleave it till it is utterly changed into the likeness of our desire.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tD<\/font><\/font>INSHAH<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI think you are right, Perizade, as you always are. Let us then
\n\t\t\t<\/font> \t\t\tarise and go.  
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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