How happy is the born and taught That serveth not another’s will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepare...
O Land Mine! 1 . Faiz Ahmad Faiz 2 In every lane yours, O Land mine, my heart I lay Where “No head shall rise!” now the way Stealthily to the tryst, must your love proceed And guard its life ‘n limb n...
Gabriel: O Friend of Yore! How the World of Death ‘n Life? Lucifer: In woe ‘n muse, pain ‘n smear, desire ‘n strife Gabriel: Of thee, talk in Heaven all the time Canst thou ever repent thy crime? Luci...
Withered mind, withered nerves, withered body Whence doth the Friend’s Voice come unto me? Sound of the Bamboo Fife Hear the bamboo fife, what tale in its tone? Which separation it doth bemoan? “When...
In the darkest of dark nights The sky lit up with the lights Comfort none to the one that cries In infant innocence, it just dies: I eeded love, not your pride I gave just love, took no side You did m...
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Du...
In this world wonderful, colourful The panting human, doing needful! The heart doth desire the sublime The beyond, will the soul climb But Oh, how shall I say it all! To exist, doth the human fall! In...
He is here. I believe in Him, And cherish holding Him dear. Life is a mystery without Him; I shudder to think of a life without Him. His very thought gets me high, Makes me stoical and intrepid. He he...
Many a mile I walk on this land, My feet sweeping over soft grass and grounding grains of sand, Feeling the insignificant pebbles in lakes and seeing the mammoth like mountains, tall and proud as they...
In me poesy shall you find love with all its faces All the joys that spring forth, all burdens it places In heart’s shrine bury, let not your feelings be revealed Oft love would stand profaned, were i...
Demons all around me Lord Of them the worst is me Though your name I hail my Lord I am but frail my Lord So far from longed destiny Yet, to your mercy, your love My struggling hope does cling I know m...
With its inebriety you be afflicted But let our tryst be elsewhere my Love For what cause the poor may roam In gathering places of the affluent Places with monuments to their glory Have no room for ou...
Demons all around me Lord Of them the worst is me Though your name I hail my Lord I am but frail my Lord So far from longed destiny Yet, to your mercy, your love My struggling hope does cling I know m...
How happy is the born and taught That serveth not another’s will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepare...
Breezing through the meadows Flowing past the blazing sun Whooshing and weaving against trees Uniting earth and sky as one Blowing along the horizon Collecting rainbows of petals and leaves on your wa...
Shadow of God – A certain Sultan Selim, Turned deaf to a weeping Cordoba’s cries, Ferdinand demanded lands Isabella elegantly exiled; Since 1503 Andalus has been lost While we walk with somnambulist e...
If you be Nemesis Gift me immolation On this day of celebration, Burn my world But take not away Your endearing smile For one can live with many sorrows But not without any joy; The alpenglow of your...
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is p...
People of the world please open your eyes Try and search for answers beyond the skies. People of the world look beyond yourselves for what is true, And you will find Allah, smiling at you. Look past t...
Truth needs no armour! Her unshielded breast May be exposed to calumny and wrong By the mean malice of the ignoble throng – Bondmen of vice who, virtues power detest – But pierced and bleeding, it wil...
