Grief Roses Are Red Poems

Soul of love and soul of peace
Somewhere on heavens interwine
With grief, on earth their lips were freeze
In heart of sky they breathe and shine
They gaze...

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Piercing the sunrise with demanding thorns
Risking the gentle for the rainfall’s nurturing kiss,
Falling over the crimson, the soft tangerine and pink
Echoing the whispers of wind’s...

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The Cat

It is late, 
nearly half-past nine. 
You are asleep beside me.
The clock on the wall is too loud. 
I need to buy another. 
This...

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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart and made it a hundred...

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“Jesus, the name that charms our fears
that bids our sorrows cease.”
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing lyrics by Charles Wesley, 
music by Carl Glazier.
...

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Puzzles in Pink

Yesterday is just a dream. 
I took you everywhere, 
but you... do not remember. 

My little one, 
you cried and cried. 

We went...

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Just Strands of Straw

I look into the mirror, 
my hair has dropped to the sink. 
It is a trail of tears, 
years of taking care...

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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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