Excuse me, for yet another translation!

This blog is a beast
as it craves and craves to eat
thought after a poor thought
of my famished mind;
since I’m a person very kind,
I don’t hesitate to feed
it with trans-creations
of the others’ mind
to help it grow
with its greedy ways ..
The Decision
I too gave up
the desire to reach the shore.
I too resigned myself
to the [...]

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I ask you, love, to judge by yourself!

Since I have not been able to write my mind of late, I’ve found it apt to try and translate someone else’, so here ’s another R.K. Majrooh poem that might make to a collection of my translations to be included in his upcoming book of Pushto poetry.
la sta da ishq awo sta da [...]

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Faraz Kaisay Bhulaoo’N Teray Firaaq Ka Ghum!

Yesterday, August 25th was the first death anniversary of the revolutionary poet Ahmad Faraz. His absence still confounds the logic, for his words, his magic is all around us. We felt an overwhelming presence of the spirit of Faraz in the recent Lawyers Movement and his pugnacity is always cited where there is a struggle [...]

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The Dual Challenge — A Repost

Below here is the repost of a poem I wrote sometimes back. It has become quite a norm when we celebrate the independence of Pakistan amid the perils to the very unity of our dear homeland courtesy a plethora of internal and external threats. Yet our hopes remain intact to see the vibes of passion [...]

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A Translation From Pushto ..

In Pushto by Rahim Khan Majrooh
Translation by Aadil Omer
The events of the last connection
of our relation were so sudden,
so ephemeral that I couldn’t sense it.

I can’t remember what we talked about last
except the words that you uttered,
‘I leave you to the protection of God,
‘You leave me to the protection of God.’

In a state of shock, [...]

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In Love For The Night

Slumber in the shades
of your locks is naivete
hence I walk deep in
to the core of your soul
to heal my dreams away
from the piercing claws
of the sunbeams.
Night, o’ night,
why can’t you fight
that big, burning beast
who gnaws at your dark self
bit by bit, reducing you
to nothing.
Unlike you, I won’t
expose you to the perils
of the day; come dwell
in [...]

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The Glory Is Just One Step Away ..

We are bruised by internal strifes. We are down with the nuisance of militancy. But we are rising somewhere else, on the horizon of World Cricket. The world is looking at us with awe, with wonder. We are about to dazzle their eyes with the flashes of our talent. We’re about to lift the coveted [...]

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Ghalib …

سب کہاں کچھ لالہ و گل میں نمایاں ہو گئیں
خاک میں کیا صورتیں ہوں گی جو پنہاں ہوگئیں
یاد تھیں ہم کو بھی رنگا رنگ بزم آرائیاں
لیکن اب نقش و نگار طاق نسیاں ہو گئیں

Not all but some have reappeared in Tulips and (other) flowers
What (grand) faces those would have been, which are buried in mud!
Remembered, [...]

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Mohsin Naqvi ..

تجھ سے بچھڑا ہوں تو بکھرا کے ہوا برد ہوا
کون دیتا مجھے کھلنے کی دعا تیرے بعد۔۔

Losing you, I’m withered, dissipated with the winds
Who else would pray for me to bloom, when you’ve gone …

Photo Courtesy: www.flickr.com

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2008-A Blogging Context

The year 2008 will soon be drifted in to the oblivion with the emergence of the dawn of 2009 less than 40 hours from now. Unlike the last quarter of 2006 and the whole of 2007, the departing year added a lot to my blogging experience, spanning well over two years, notwithstanding the number of [...]

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