Tere mayaar pe poora na utarne wale
Tere mayaar pe poora na utarne wale Mansab e ishq se mazool nahin ho sakte – Perveen Shakir…
Chal Way Bullehya Chal Othay Chaliyay – Let’s go where everyone is blind
Chal Way Bullehya Chal Othay Chaliyay Jithay Saaray Annay Na Koi Saadee Zaat PichHanay Tay Na Koi Saanu Mannay *** O Bulleh Shah let’s…
Remembering Faiz and his Culture Policy of early 1970s
Today is the 26th death anniversary of Faiz Ahmed Faiz whose life and works are national assets. Faiz was a torchbearer of the glorious…
Iqbal – The Universal Reformer
It takes thousands of year for a genious of the highest class to be born. Iqbal believed in habitual vision of greatness. He had…
Rumi’s Poetry: ‘All Religions, All This Singing, One Song’
Coleman Barks is a great translator. His recent essay here is a great read especially in terms of debates on Islamophobia Rumi: The Big…
The Song of the Reed – on Rumi’s birth anniversary
Listen to the song of the reed,
How it wails with the pain of separation…
Ali Sardar Jafri’s amazing poem
14th and 15th August are two dates that evoke mixed feelings for those of us who want a peaceful subcontinent free of jingoism and…
‘My life-achievement’ – karnama e hayat
Mera karnama-e-zindagi
Meri hasraton kay siwa nahi
Yeh kiya nahi, woh hua nahi
Yeh mila nahi, woh raha nahi. :D…
Soul of all souls
“Soul of all souls, life of all life you are That. Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving you are That. The road that leads…
You have fallen in love my dear heart
You have fallen in love my dear heart Congratulations! You have freed yourself from all attachments Congratulations! You have given up both worlds to…
Bulleh Shah’s admission
Bulleh-a aashiq hoyiyon Rabb da, Hoai Malamat Lakh Tenon Kafir Kafir aakhdey, toon aaho aaho aakh
(Bulleh Shah)
Bulleh lover of G-d, a million…
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…
questions from a worker who reads
questions from a worker who reads Bertolt Brecht Who built Thebes of the 7 gates ? In the books you will read the names…
Without Love…
What a moving quatrain by Rumi Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise. All…
kab uskaa visaal chaahiye thaa -Jaun Elia
kab uskaa visaal chaahiye thaa kab uskaa visaal chaahiye thaa bas aik Khayaal chaahiye thaa (visaal : union) kab dil ko javaab se Gharz…
GOD-FORSAKEN RELIGIONS
A poem by Cecil Rajendra Any religion that sidelines excludes any one. Any religion that does not open doors to every one. Any religion…
Bahar Ayee (Spring Has Come)
Spring has come So have returned suddenly from the past * * All those dreams, all that beauty That on your lips had died…
Baba Najmi’s little poem
Iko Tera mera payu Iko teri meri maan Iko saadi janam bhon Tu Sardar tey mein kammi kiyon? ___________________________ You and I share the…
I am enslaved to fate, of all else say no more – Rumi
” I am enslaved to fate, of all else say no more With a sweet tongue speak, else I plea say no more Speak…
Lovers have nothing to do with existence
The lover’s food is the love of the bread; no bread need be at hand: no one who is sincere in his love is…