English translation in Comments section …
अब तलक ज़िंदा हूँ
तुमपर जां लुटाकर
कमाल ही तो है ।१।
मायूस क्यों है चाँद
सुन के तारीफ तेरी
मिसाल ही तो है ।२।
क्यों खफ़ा हो मुझसे
कुछ कहा तो नहीं
ख़याल ही तो है ।३।
क्योंकर नहीं कहा
खामोश क्यों रहा
मलाल ही तो है ।४।
है भला यह दुनिया
मेरे किस काम की
बवाल ही तो है ।५।
कैसी आस अमित
कैसा है यह मोह
खाल ही तो है ।६।
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 88
“There you go – messing it up again. Why can’t you ever get things done right?” Martha’s shrill voice pierces my soul. I let my imagination go astray – a life without being blamed for every inconsequential act or mishap, a life with total freedom of doing things my way. The heat of a mismatched … Continue reading Ice between us
capture life in shots – clicking away I see time quickly ticking away loveless life – in search of a meaning transient emotions slipping away I help someone, and look in their eyes embarrassed gratitude inching away but reciprocal acts do not come by I need them more than they need me, … Continue reading Nirvana land
A ghazal in English, which comes closest to the Urdu form —- by arevivedwriter
This is a re-post of a ghazal that I wrote a couple of years ago. I am sharing with DVerse for this month’s poetry form.
I decided to write another ghazal today. I normally wouldn’t post twice in one day but was very happy with how this turned out! It was inspired by Agha Shahid Ali’s poem “Tonight”. I am not feeling this way currently but am very familiar with the struggles described in the following poem.
I feel alone, connection’s far tonight,
I see no smiling star tonight.
Even the moon has forgotten its light.
Shrouded, it makes the sky dark as tar tonight.
My mind sees a battlefield near:
What emotions will I need to spar tonight?
Depression, restlessness, fear, anxiety?
What demons come to wound and scar tonight?
Yet hope alone, even now, can fight
The darkness; complete despair I’ll bar tonight.
And…
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fifty shades of embarrassment
each deep enough to
mask any
remnant
of
love
Welcome to Week 88! “Two Fat Majors” as the Tombola/Raffle/Bingo/Housie game host would announce when number 88 had to be called out…. Numbers with repeating digits give me an eerie feel, and especially, the number 8 has a peculiar shape. It is like going round and about, to reach the same place again. I came … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #88
dark corridors do not deter me my eyes are used to all shades of darkness in cloudy mental skies https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/reenas-exploration-challenge-87/
I got a glimpse of life or what it could be -I spent the rest of my life visualizing guarded boundaries of the possible https://scvincent.com/2019/05/23/thursday-photo-prompt-transition-writephoto/
I cannot help but stop and look at this inexplicable estrangement It is mysterious, It is cryptic, however…. Is it ambivalence? however hard I try I will always be lonesome and blame others for my loneliness How happy is the woolly ambivalence! Does the ambivalence make you shiver? Does it? https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/tale-weaver-224-estrangement-may-23rd/
“You left us alone when we needed you the most. Being called a swindler’s family is not an easy label to live with.” Her eyes were brimming with tears, as she spoke. “It was a frame-up.” “Why couldn’t you defend yourself?” “To protect someone else – someone you care about more than me.” https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/its-six-sentence-story-thursday-link-up-56/
