Happy Urdu Poems

Near Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch

On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we...

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Samia “Happy Mother’s Day”

Mother an angel that I’ve met
Recalling the words that always wept
For as tender as they were
Loved to hear them as you say

Mother...

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~Black Is The Night~ 
Black is the night, and I see a lot of it right now
I sometimes watch the dawn, the sunrise is a...

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Back rubs are given, pills have been handed out,
Patients settled, some won’t sleep, I have no doubt,
Fear paralyzing their being when darkness falls,
If they close...

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In distant jungles in the dead of night
Lions and hyenas are apt to  fight
Often fighting  over  common food source
Outnumbered lions suffer nasty...

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Behold the NIGHT of dread is upon us
          No one knows the route of this scary...

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Entangled are this night’s threads
So unnerving are these dreads
Darkness envelops this night
Tearing me to shreds 

Caught in these threads I am
Now I view life, just...

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In the dark the creatures come out
It’s that time of year, some do shout
The creepiest ones come out late
Living in shadows they wait no doubt

The...

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    "Ebony Embers of Wallowing Ash"


flames of fire fuel black smoke
walls tumble to ground like dark cloak
Egypt burns in savage rebellion
as human...

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Asleep, his dreams are vivid of this girl, who dances nude
Awake, the image of her without clothes, enhances yearning

She passes by him, in five inch...

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Uninvited  sin  a sip  of  sand. 
Wish to be  a  perl  in a strand.
Washed  in many streams...

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