Faiz Poems - Poems about Faiz

Speak by Faiz Ahmad 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 clenched grip on the severed chains hissing below. Speak, in this last...

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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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Oh Ramadan, blessed month of grace, We welcome you with open embrace, Your holy light illuminates our hearts, And purifies our souls from the start. As dawn breaks, we begin our fast, With grateful hearts that will last, Through hunger and thirst we persevere, And pray for blessings to draw near. The nights are filled with prayer...

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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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FIFA Puska's Award Winner Is Faiz Who G morning...... A wonder goal that defies physics and bedazzles the football world.... And send into obscurity all other wondrous goals from all over the world... Step aside, Cristiano Renaldo and Lionel Messi... The spotlight now is solely on an obscure Malaysian, Faiz Subri... Faiz who, you may want to ask, and to scratch...

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