Cosmic Symphony is the ideal portrayal of a mental Kaleidoscopic self through poetic verses which is caught up in the metaphysical and looses out on the symphony created in the cosmos and what surrounds us. Cosmic Symphony depicts the minutest of what we encounter in life in dew drops, curdled bits, autumn season and wilderness of the berries which is nothing less than a work of art only if we open our eyes to experience the infinite and perceive the beauty in material phenomenon.
It is yet another poetic genius of Bhai Vir Singh Ji, the poet saint, also a novelist, historian and a journalist. This poetic edition has two translated poetic work Trel Tupke (Dew Drops) and Mere Saiyan Jio (My Beloved). While the former is a collection of lyric poems, first published in the year 1922, the latter was the last collection of verses brought to words by Bhai Vir Singhji. Trel Tupke (Dew Drops) was part of the collection Lehran de Har (Garlands of Waves). The poems are innovative with quick lyrical tunes brought into life in the Punjabi Prosody. ‘Mere Saiyan Jiyo (My beloved)’ also won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1955.
Both the poetic excellences had a significant importance in the poet’s life and even shares his personal response on the same after experiencing the symphony and beauty of ‘Mashobra’ Hills. The anthology of poetic verses, whether it is about connecting to the rhythms of the waves in a sea and bringing out the inner feelings and what goes on in the mind of the poet, the eagerness to be with the sense the cosmic symphony, revolving around the thought that ‘nature and culture are not split’, it reveals the poets love for nature, the joys of the symphony that nature creates and the exuberance with which the verses are written. The poet suggests readers to come out of their pre-occupied goals and experience a spiritual energy that surrounds them.
Bhai Vir Singh is regarded as the founder and creator of Punjabi Literature and was a revered writer and poet known for his spiritual literary work in particular. He was born into a Sikh traditional family on 5th December 1872 in Amritsar. His creative works involve the “Shri Guru Nanak Chamatkar” depicting the influence of Guru Nanak Devji in ordinary people’s lives. He reoriented the Sikh faith and assimilated different modernizing influences and made it go in unity with the Sikh rich history and cultural heritage. His Literary geniuses include, Shri Guru Kalgidhar Chamatkar, Bijay Singh and Satwant Kaur. One can also look into his historical collections with books like Sri Guru Nanak Chamatkar and Sri Asht Guroo Chamatkar etc. His later contributions do not need any introduction as he wrote several books on Gurbani, the lives of the Sikh Gurus and other religious figures. He made an impression with books like Subhagji da Sudhar Hathin Baba Naudh Singh, popularly known as Baba Naudh Singh. His short poems include books like Dil Tarang (1920), Tarel Tupke (1921), Lahiran de Har (1921), Matak Hulare (1922), Bijlian de Har (1927) and Mere Sayian Jio (1953). This then showed the way and led to the emergence of Punjabi poetry. His creative work and poetry made him so popular that he was declared as Bhai, the brother of the Sikh order, very early in his career for his true contribution in spreading Sikhism.