Illusions
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ﺗﻴﺮﯼ ﺁﻭﺍﺯ ﻛﮯ ﺳﺎﻳﮯ۔ ﺗﺮﮮ ﮨﻮﻧﻄﻮﮞ ﻛﮯ ﺳﺮﺍﺏ
“In the wasteland of solitude, my love, quiver
shadows of your voice, illusions of your lips.” – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Illusions
Hope, as it echoes, smokes eternity
Like a ripe volcano. A cascade of
Pyroclastic inhibition – Speed is
Beauty – Falling like a chiffon curtain
Veil. Where two lovers are indistinct but
United at dusk; where my answers are:
Reflectionless desire. Impressive
Versatility; I smoke it behind
A mask – Venetian in design.
I smoke hope cigarettes with speed, calming
Ripened nerves to ropes in a graveyard where
Lovers are united in smoke curls.
x
Reda Haq
very poignant.absolutely love it.go discover Faiz. his poetry touches the soul.
Actually I was newbie when i wrote that post. I did nt get so many hits on my post and never came in the top 5 lists. and at the out of desperate cry, wrote this..
Faiz was good. He was realistic, and socialist. and i can sing this nazm…
Mine was ghazal, the word is ‘intezaar’ …
So what you do besides ocygenating people? I m not a good writer but you like everyone just filling the diary of life !!!