Paradise Life Poems

These are English translations of Urdu poems by Jaun Elia with themes of solitude, loneliness, alienation, love, life, death and loss.

When you come, you will...

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Talk and Walk

“In the forest. You love ancient life,” said Satan.
“Magnetized. Yes, magnetized,“ I answered.
“Sure. You are magnetized by old life,” said Satan.

“So good to...

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I heard the trees rustling, 
Whispering something untold,
I tired to decode it,
And found the secret of life.

Secret is simple—
Live, laugh and love,
While hearing,
And feeling the pulse...

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There are 144,000 persons living in an open land.  All are freemen and women.  They have everything they needed to survive until one...

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Who can the God of my Bible possibly be?
Love in pure form. Creator of you and me.
He created light for us all, on the very...

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The rains are here, relentless as ever
The grass blade is excited like never
The season of hibernation is over
Swirling in water,  as a duck dumpling
...

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Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.       
       ...

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A LITANY OF TODAY'S FROTHING POETIC WAVES

GLORY BE TO GOD

Healing thanks to God,
sun risings, and sun settings;
Each day, a blessing:-

OF PARADISE LOST

Apple fell from tree,
Teasing...

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It is a collection of 66 different books.
Each an important puzzle piece, just take a look.
God took a complete puzzle and tossed it in the...

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Eve took the apple, and gave it Adam, and everything changed. 
We were taken from paradise and moved to another place. 
That is now causing...

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A vein in me narrows a little bit every day,
I have tethered myself to shallow promises;
strengthened my organs of clay,
and deceived them to believe 
Forever...

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A New Society

Eras, centuries, and histories have disappeared
New social systems are emerging and disappearing
But it all disappears, is destroyed, is forgotten. Time is a killer
...

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The pain increases every day
bit by bit, I have no say
I do what I can to ease it all
but it’s been a real long-haul

from cramping...

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The meaning of living,
is to feel life...

Life is verse,
reverse,
universe...

we live in paradise on earth
when we live a beautiful childhood...

Do you want to see stars in...

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The Hellish Life

This is a beautiful and so mysterious and sinister world of being
Sinister, yes, it is that. Ominousness is a natural part of this...

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