Ahmed Poems - Poems about Ahmed

They wake before the mist lifts in bamboo huts nailed to the spine of hills, children with feet toughened by stone, learning to climb before they can read. The school a distant building where the teacher comes twice a week, or not at all. Lessons written in a language that does not speak their names. A girl hums an old tune as she carries water...

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These are English translations of Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Speak! by Faiz Ahmed Faiz loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Speak, while your lips are still free. Speak, while your tongue remains yours. Speak, while you’re still standing upright. Speak, while your spirit has force. See how, in the bright-sparking forge, cunning flames set dull ingots aglow as the padlocks release their...

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"Rabbir hamhuma kama Rabbayani Sagheera." ("My Lord, have mercy upon my parents as they brought me up when I was small.") . In every tongue of every land, in every syllable ever uttered resides one pure word: Mother. A face adorned like a flower in full bloom, a grace radiant as the full moon’s glow, balanced in magical light. Mother, the...

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Sound of bullets are part of daily life Feel so upset for Ahmed and his wife Both are fifty and live in Baghdad, Iraq Their home is considered a derelict shack Ahmed hopes one day that peace will arrive Takes shelter daily just to live and survive Never in his life has he seen peace before Always...

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These are English translations of Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, whose name is also frequently spelled Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Last Night by Faiz Ahmed Faiz translation by Michael R. Burch Last night, your memory stole into my heart ... as spring sweeps uninvited through barren gardens, as morning breezes revive dormant deserts, as a patient suddenly feels better, for no...

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I see my twin brother One thin screen in us I pulled my brother with my hand He's not coming The tanks are not coming I cry I'm my blood Do not let others spread anywhere The screen is between us Mother breathed her breath; Yet he is not coming. Asked me; What is mother Whether the substance? Whether its own mass, weight and space occupies? I showed...

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Make me one day All the insults I will return the whole! Kick on my stomach Not Holding your hands Make me small Quarrel with me Hold down the tie And every slap How did you give me Just double it Will explain everything! You're in the woods There will be defendants That day I got shake I am godly; You will only be looking at There will be no power and...

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Psycho The seat of the earth trembles in the sky; The goddess was shaking Afraid of me. I want to go - to the sixth part of heaven, in front of God. I have an emergency meeting with him. I do not want to allow the gods to let me go, I started slapping! I do not trust myself! I started...

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? Miss ? While drinking coffee alone, feel lover on the next chair. Or in an afternoon alone, looking at the sky. ? Love ? Crying through a flock of birds and spreading personal memories. Or miss someone's hand while walking alone. ?Focult ? I am painful, sadistic sad times! I am the Eblish, who knows that he must burn himself, Yet they are not...

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A dmirable and brave is his heart H onorably daring the world to be different with his beautiful soul M agically bringing laughter, happiness and pure love to all who he meets; an E xtraordinary human beyond all measure; infinitely D ear to my heart; how dark my life...

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Beware of Syed Adam Ahmed When you take a flight. Yes evil Syed Adam Ahmed Is sure to cause a fright! When he was born, he never cried, Which people thought was weird. He creepily just looked and spied. 'He's plotting! ' people feared. Then at the tender age of one, Or so the experts say, He screamed 'BOOM' just like...

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Behind the door of wildflowers lies the door of light One evening, I would allow the star to sing, sing, and sing to tears For sheltered heart’s memories how they are changing, when the white wildflowers dance a smile. While bleeding nectar from its golden heart… and the thrilled dance of its leaves for poems of the valley...

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Speak earnings release Babul Ahmed :: :: De revenue from T-shirts wear the clothes. You and I, as well as hair bayakata Equal to the height of the arm back pocket Uri opposite breast cloth off the air. Rambaji income that street corner, I play siti, the rickshaw hood ghuri, Dalapuri public kiss and drink tea. To return home one night around You and I...

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