I loved you; and perhaps I love you still, The flame, perhaps, is not extinguished; yet It burns so quietly within my soul, No longer should you feel distressed by it. Silently and hopelessly I loved you, At times too jealous and at times too shy. God grant you find another who will love you…
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Testament So often it has been displayed to us, the hourglass with its grains of sand drifting down, not as an object in our world but as a sign, a symbol, our lives drifting down grain by grain, sifting away — I’m sure everyone must see this emblem somewhere in the mind. Yet not only…
Read MoreSONG OF MYSELF – WALT WHITMAN A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child?…..I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. Or I…
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In Dream Black and enduring separation I share equally with you. Why weep? Give me your hand, Promise me you will come again. You and I are like high Mountains and we can’t move closer. Just send me word At midnight sometimes through the stars. So again we triumph! Again we do not come! Our…
Read Moreबरतर अज़ अंदेशा-ए-सूदो-ज़ियां है ज़िंदगी है कभी जां और कभी तस्लीमे-जां है ज़िंदगी । तू इसे पैमाना-ए-इमरोज़ो-फ़रदा से न नाप जावदां, पैहम रवां, हर दम जवां है ज़िंदगी । अपनी दुनिया आप पैदा कर अगर ज़िंदों में है सिर्रे-आदम है ज़मीरे-कुल फ़का है ज़िंदगी । ज़िंदगानी की हक़ीक़त कोहकन के दिल से पूछ जूए-शीरो-तेशा-व-संगे-गरा है…
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