Peace Nightingale Poems

The forlorn valley seems to beckon me,
Only one cottage midst so many trees,
So many shrubs where nightingales are wont
To find repose in any place they...

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ALLAMA IQBAL TRANSLATIONS INTO MODERN ENGLISH



Excerpt from Rumuz-e bikhudi (“The Mysteries of Selflessness”)
by Allama Iqbal aka Muhammad Iqbal
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like a candle...

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I have been around the globe
have seen what many have known.
my wings have taken me to every corner
but life is better for me in this...

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Nightingale Insomnia

The leaves are quite tonight
the winds have gone to lazy rest;
the moon steals a peak—
disinterested, reclines away
leaving the dark humid night lingering
and sleep becoming...

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The golden silence melts away, and joy un-named
From the phantom pipes exults me
For no silence can so rhapsodized and doubts tamed
That man deserves better glory.
And...

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Awake now the nightingale
Hid, I cannot see its face
Webs the day a better tale
And soothe the heart with its grace

To hear it sing, one must...

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