Poet Alama Iqbal Pen Name(s) Iqbal Translation in Rhyme In quest, I seek your boundless love’s end, See my simplicity, what task I contend. A pledge of immodesty, how bold the vow, I seek trials to test my patience now. Grant heavens to the virtuous, they say, Yet I seek your presence, day by day. …
Poet Sahir Ludhianvi Pen Name(s) Sahir Translation in Rhyme Haunted by the specter of my bygone days, Each moment a regret, a weary maze. Shame lingers over desires unmet, Regret over hopes that failed to set. Let my past rest in shadows deep, A source of naught but shame, I keep. Hopes birthed dreams, desires …
Poet Ahmad Faraz Pen Name(s) Faraz Translation in Rhyme In lament you dwell, heart heavy with strife,Faraz, love’s disciplines elude your grasp, a rife. What proximity, plans for parting already in sight,What cruel twist in fate, what cosmic slight. God or idol, our devotion won’t sway,A lifetime of worship, come what may. Awaiting encounters, reasons are diverse,Gratitude, complaint, …
Poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz Pen Name Faiz Translation in Rhyme Entwined with you are that beauty’s memoryWhich turned this heart into a realm of gleeIn affection of whom, this world ceased to beTime itself was stopped, set free Familiar to your steps are paths that remainHer enchanting beauty therein once reignedCaravans of grace, on those …
Poet Amjad Islam Amjad Pen Name Amjad Translation in Rhyme In the gentle moon’s embrace, if thoughts of me should trace,Look to a star that gleams afar, where dreams and wishes spar. Should it ever break from high and land upon your feet,Be assured it was my heart, a love discrete. And if it doesn’t, …
Poet Mirza Ghalib Pen Name(s) Asad, Ghalib Translation in Rhyme No more can I in love’s sweet fire, confide,That cherished heart, once beaming, now denied. I leave, scars of a regretful life, a heavy loan,A fading lamp, in crowds, I can’t be shown. Seek, oh heart, another path to end this breath,No more worth the …
