After a sleepless and turbulent night, I woke up and when wandered over web early morning lying in my bed, using my smartphone, I came across a new person, Rainer maria Rilke. His quotes were quite well-timed for my situation and projected a very unique approach of his thoughts towards life. Here I share his…
Category: Poetry
Ghalib,Iqbal and Faiz
Yesterday,was 25th Death Anniversary of Faiz Ahmed Faiz,the poet seer,who took Urdu to international arena after Ghalib and Iqbal. During my discussions with my friend,I said once,in some thoughtful moments that If you have to learn life, you have to learn Urdu poetry’s history. You need to be Ghalib (Overpowering) first to achieve the level…
Two Mountains
This is a poem of Aktar-ul-Iman and translated by Baidar Bakht & Kathleen Grany Jaeger. Two Mountains I don’t complain of her indifference, She never scolds me for neglect. When we meet it’s always like this: Our eyes whisper to “stay”,our feet are itching to leave. With nothing to do she’s always in a hurry;…
Noon Meem Rashid’s Poetry
I start my posts in this blog by a poem of the one of the very old and fine poets of Urdu language, Noon Meem Rashid (Nazar Muhammad Rashid). He started the genre of free-verse in Urdu poery and his work proved him as one of very unique,trend setting, abstract poets of Urdu language. NOON…