Dream Urdu Poems

What Lies In The Betwixt And The Between

What lies in the betwixt and the between
Heaven and hell, this world's darkest of scenes
Mankind wallows in the...

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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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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...

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I tread lightly on this gravelled road 
And on the horizon I see 
Lights, skylines to die for 
Tantalized by beauty false
For distance rests between...

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Murky sea, hides monsters and jewelry, so perk your ears
Through the trees, the wind will blow quickly, so perk your ears

The constant unkempt promises on...

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We each must seek to walk our very own walk
Although most getting stuck inside its box
Through the door of hate well learned,
Another tear drop subsides;

For...

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Some days
I laugh sometimes when I think 
about you
And I cry sometimes cuz I'm still 
without you
Mostly your memories they all make 
me smile 
But...

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I was once told the gold in life can not stay
That just like the harvest moon, it can not stay

That while night shall always give...

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Darkness and anguish, O stars divine
Radiant moon, endless night sublime
Keep watch over my heart, Lord
From life's bondage keep me in dream

Sit on my right...

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AMBER DAWNS APPEAL
 
                    A wish,...

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Posted - 04/15/2007 :  20:58:19           
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Reveal the light
Touchless deem
Fearless dear
Forbs in my trap
How...

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