Asha ~ Unseen

I filmed for this in Budapest with friends. Susana G de Querós plays the electric guitar on film as I sing, and pianist Tamás Szõrényi caretook the camerawork. We filmed at Susana's flat in Budapest (Susana is a Spaniard in Hungary) and we all three improvised after the filming. Susana and Tamás are an item!

This film-song has layers. It's a love-song personal to me; it's a counterpoint to the developing love between Susana and Tamás; it's a ballad of lost love, and above all it's a spiritual song about seeing the unseen world in a loved one. It's about being able to see the eternal face of the beloved in the ordinary; the truth behind the apparent; God in the mortal; something a lover can ignite in your heart.

A Sufi saint, Hazrat Inayat Khan writes this:

"Sincere courtship is in itself a religion.

Surely no religion can teach more than love can.

When the beloved becomes so much the centre of life that the lover begins to lose his selfishness through thought for her; when he is so impressed by her beauty that no other beauty, no matter how great, can make him falter in his allegiance to her; when for her sake he becomes gentle and considerate; when he confesses to her what he would not have any one else on earth know; when his desires turn towards honesty and sincerity in all things, through his honesty and sincerity in love, is there not then something in his life greater than the religion that is merely taught?

Has he not himself received a direct inspiration from heaven above? A lover thus inspired looks forward with the same hope to his future life with the beloved that the pious do to life in the hereafter.

The meeting between two such lovers is nothing less than a divine communion, since God who is love, and was asleep in their hearts, is now awakened within them.”

My idea to film with Susana and Tamás was intuitive. I had an image in mind of one of Budapest's grand old, atmospheric apartments, with resident Bohemians, so I simply enquired of Tamás (who I kept meeting by chance on a bus) if he knew of anyone with an electric guitar and a Bohemian flat! "Yes," he chirped! "My girl-friend!"

[sabrinawanderer]

Eating while crying😭😭😭😭
Asha you are a romantic man..
Perfect music for the night..😍😍😍

[Sunny]

😔 This makes me weep with ..grace from the depths of an amazing love..❤️ 🙏

[eduardoparedes]

Asha Beautiful song and Thank you for who you are I enjoy listening to you sing Blessings !!!

[joylester]

To be able to see the unseen if it be of good would be a Blessing. Thank you for the song.

[ramongilabertgarcia]

Soy fan desde los 80 (Field of Stars, Wings of fire, Open secret, A concert of angels, Mystic heart, Resurrection...) con otros autores de la NWC (Helen O Hara, Medwyn Goodall, Mike Rowland, Terry Olfield, Jon Richardson...) Siempre me ha encantado esa voz profunda. Me gustan en general todos los estilos pero acabo volviendo a los clásicos. Asha para mi lo es. de gracias.

[robertnabenhauer]

wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. So beautiful. Thank you!

[shirlenevaldetebarreiradea]

Asha, sua voz é linda demais, toca o meu coração

[irmavarszegi]

Not Asha playing guitar, it's unusual... very nice music. Asha sing the sad love song so beautifully, from the heart! 🎼🎵🎶

[JaiMaJames]

You always go right to the Heart !!!!

[JeannineBiehler]

It was a long time ago, you are great Asha! Magnificent song !

[candynichols]

love the rich tone of Susana's guitar in this...lends a haunting quality...nice, Ash. xo

[antonioastorga]

hermosa musicalizacion en total armonia con la voz hermosa de Asha. muchas gracias

[marijkebaars]

WOW such an amazing song again thank you and God bless you, your friend Marijke

[jean-pierrebesson]

Bonjour ASHA et grand merci pour cette superbe composition et chanson ; Amitiés et bonne journée; JEAN-PIERRE;

[nildafornerstefanello]

Gosto tanto dessa música... 🎼🎸
Perfect, beautiful... thank you!!! ❤

[wbworkout]

I am so looking forward to the CD. The song is beautiful and beautifully sung and played. Well done!

[MissDiamondsMM]

♥ Beautiful Collaboration ♥
With Love,
Marilyn

[laszlodian]

Asher!
It's great that you're us!
Üdv: László Dian

[timothycannon]

I thought of this for you both... I know you can make it work...Tim


Childhood Friends


I saw you standing there on the corner, the corner
Your face faintly glistening a smile, a smile
You told me you were lonely, so lonely
So I stopped to walk with you awhile, awhile
You know it has been ages, ages
Since we played as friends, as friends
Through the fields and the courtyards, the courtyards
Different games we played, we played,
Always pretending, to pretend, to pretend
But we had to grow up, grow up, grew up
As our play life came to an end, the end
I told you never give up, never, never
Our childhood never ever has to end, to end
I touched and tagged you on the shoulder, your shoulder
I began to shout that your it, your it
And into the pouring rain we ran off, ran off
You chased me around the bend, the bend
We ran for hours, the hours
It seemed like days, the days
The hours never end, end,
You touched my shoulder and you tagged me, you tagged me
And the play game seemed to end, to end
You told me to never grow up, grow up
We will always be childhood friends, my friend
Let this game in life, this life
Never ever end, never end
And as we walked through the courtyard, the courtyard
We exchanged our vows to the end, the end
And then my childhood sweetheart, sweetheart
Was my forever lasting childhood friend, my friend…


To my childhood friend

[mjrobins]

Merci de songer à mettre des traductions sur vos chansons, ce serait beaucoup mieux pour notre compréhension ...même si les mélodies semblent avoir tout leur attrait lyrique et un brin mélancolique ...