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SARANG (IN ENGLISH)
This post is an English translation of the post ‘SARANG by Asad Mohammad Khan” and which is in Urdu.It can be seen at https://shakilakhtar.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/saarang-by-asad-mohammad-khan/ I...
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beauty.
I have not seen a more beautiful flower. What a photo. A transparent fish. See the back bone!. Subhan Allah. Most beautiful place in the world. Serene and gracefully grand....
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Khabar e tahayyur e Ishq sun (Siraj Aurangabadi)
Khabr e Tahayyur e Ishq sun…. by Siraaj Aurangabadi
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Khabar e tahayyur e Ishq sun (Siraj Aurangabadi) (2)
You may want to hear this ghazal of Siraj Aurangabadi (714-1763) before reading its wording and its analysis. here...
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Yeh Dhuan sa Kahan se Uthta hai
Dekh to dil ke jaN se uThta hai Yeh dhuaN sa kahaN se uThta hai. Oh I feel a fire in me, I can see something like smoke rising I wonder if it originates from my heart or from my soul. Gor kis dil...
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Dikhai Diye Yun Ke Bekhud Kiya – Mir Taqi Mir
urduwallahs Poet Mir Taqi Mir was the leading Urdu poet of the 18th century, and remains arguably the foremost name in Urdu poetry often remembered as Khuda-e-sukhan (god of poetry). Given Below is...
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HAJJ
Note: This article is for the novice (you), by the novice (me) and of the novice (us). I will try to give a skeleton only (for simplicity) and for detailed discourse would like to direct you to...
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BEGUM AKHTAR, mere ham nafas.
This is Shakil badayuni’s famous ghazal. It is in very simple language and can be related to by us all. I like the translation offered by ‘Rekhta’ very much, as it is it self poetry. Never the less I...
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Afrikan brick Art – by Charis Tsevis
wonderfully beautiful art. Be ▲rtist - Be ▲rt Afrikan brick Art – by Charis Tsevis Afrikan brick Art – by Charis Tsevis Afrikan brick Art – by Charis Tsevis Afrikan brick Art – by Charis Tsevis Afrikan...
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Amir Khusro, Man Kunto Maula
Man Kunto Maula by Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali. Half an hour of pure bliss, if you may. You will understand and enjoy more if you know the wording and their meaning. Note: Ali was the Prophet’s(PBUH)...
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My mother’s dairy
This nazm (in her own hand writing) is in my mom’s diary which she left me over 60 years ago. I want to share it with my readers. The poet’s name is not known. Na jaane phir meri jaan e haziN rahe...
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Edge of Nothing
I am nothing you are nothing every thing is nothing. Follow Your Shadow at the edge of nothing and beyond nothingi found even more nothingit is this nothing that holds the stars in their placesthe same...
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ROSES IN AUCKLAND
1) “The Beauty of the Rose is considered a medicine. Healing through sight, through the act of looking with all veils swept aside.” quote from Nadeem Aslam’s book, “A wasted Vigil” 2) Won’t you come...
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DILIP KUMAR AND YOUSUF KHAN
SHAKTI WAS FILMED WITH aMITABH bACHCHAAN http://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/2014/07/140713_dilip_kumar_greatest_actor_mb?post_id=10153158541144006_10154403496024006#_=_
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MEENA KUMARI, TUKRE TUKRE DIN BEETA
Meena Kumari had a sad life and died at a young age of 38. Her poetry is of highest standard and shows how she found her life. In one of her couplets she tells us how life has treated her. [She got a...
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CHILDREN NAZM BY RFIULLAH MIAN
An orphan alone knows what it is to be one. Allah (SWT) enjoins us in many places in Holy Qoran to be kind to them. In Surah “Maa’un” (Chapter 107), He says, “Did you see the one who denies the day of...
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KAHAN GHALIB
‘لفظ ‘کہاں’ کہاں کہاں استعمال ہوتا ہے یہاں اسی بات پر بات ہو گی- غالب کے دو شعر یاد آ رہے ہیں- 1- فکر دنیا میں سر کھپاتا ہوں میں کہاں اور یہ وبال کہاں 2- کہاں میخانے کا دروازہ غالب اور کہاں واعظ پر...
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Manto’s Ghalib
This post appeared on BBC Urdu on the 145th death anniversary of Ghalib, He died on 15th February, 1869. “from Wikipedia: Ghalib (Urdu: غاؔلب; Hindi: ग़ालिब) born Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (Urdu: مرزا...
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IQBAL VS GHALIB
I AM NO EXPERT OF GHALIB OR OF IQBAL, BUT, I FEEL THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE IN THEIR STYLE. غالب اور اقبال دونوں عظیم ہیں- عظیم تر کا تعین کرنا ممکن اس لیےؑ نہیں ہے کہ دونوں کا کلام مختلف مزاج کا حامل...
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Paeveen Shakir Ghazal
This ghazal /nazm was taken from Facebook page named “Parveen Shakir”. There is no guarantee that it was penned by her. I assume that it was. It is a beautiful piece, and many who have come far out in...
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