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A poem of love and longing by Parveen Shakir
I rediscovered this exquisite poem by Parveen Shakir after years. This is an intense love poem of rare beauty. It is composite, taut and…
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Remembering Parveen Shakir
Naveed Abbas has contributed this beautiful tribute to a great poetess Parveen Shakir who died 16 years ago. Please check her poems and their…
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Tere mayaar pe poora na utarne wale
Tere mayaar pe poora na utarne wale Mansab e ishq se mazool nahin ho sakte – Perveen Shakir…
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Kuch tu Hawa bhi serd thi
Kuch tu Hawa bhi serd thi, kuch tha tera khayal bhi Dil ku kushi ke saath saath, hota raha malal bhi Baat wu aadhi…
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Remembering Parveen Shakir (1952-1994)
Parveen Shakir (1952-1994) has defined the sensibilities of several generations and beyond. At the relatively young age of 42 years, Parveen Shakir died on…
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Ominous shadows
Raunaqe bazaar-o- mehfil kam nahin hai aj bhee Saneha is sheher mein koi magar honay ko hai Read here >>…
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Petal to Petal..More of Parveen Shakir
Nirmal has been visiting this blog and requesting for more translations of Parveen Shakir. I have found some on the Internet and here they…
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The Faustus In Us (translation by Temporal)
Temporal read a translation of Parveen Shakir’s poem on this blog and created another translation. In many ways, this is a more modern version,…
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We Are All Dr Faustus – Parveen Shakir
Last month, in the freezing climes of Islamabad, we talked about Parveen Shakir, Pakistan’s popular poet who died at a young age. One of…
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On Pakistani Women Poets (and my friend’s predicament)
An email from a Pakistan based writer friend made me recall Parveen Shakir. The poem, Tomato Ketchup, written most probably in the memory of…