Name Urdu Poems

Origin of  the  name Swahili 
Or " Kiswahili" , 
One person  said , " Iswa ile" 
Another person said," Iswa iyi " 
Swahili is one...

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I hail Thee
For the life you give me
I hail Thee
For the love you shower me
I hail Thee for the message you send me
I thank you
For...

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Pakistan was born on 14th of August based on communal grounds.
Many have this misconception that India was born on 15th August. 
India was at least...

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Picnic
by Parveen Shakir
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

My friends laugh elsewhere on the beach
while I sit here, alone, counting the waves,
writing and rewriting your name...

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What Happened to Them?
by Nasir Kazmi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Those who came ashore, what happened to them?
Those who sailed away, what happened to them?

Those...

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Intimacy
by Rahat Indori
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
 
I held the Sun, Stars and Moon at a distance
till the time your hands touched mine.
Now I...

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The Eager Traveler
by Ahmad Faraz
translation by Michael R. Burch

Even in the torture chamber, I was the lucky one;
When each lottery was over, unaccountably I had...

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it is five a.m and his voice is a hymn i composed to honour my body. 
his history is now mine, and I have sewn...

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The word is foreign in my tongue,
The meaning is clear in your heart.

When we were as close as one,
A severed nerve now throbs, and aches.

Memory...

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I hold the rainbow and an arrow, for you, my reader;
The thrill of good  tomorrow for you, my reader;

The butterfly of happiness will fly...

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I know how it feels, I been there before.
Don't wanna go to sleep, don't wanna wake up all alone.
I still want you.
The nights seem to...

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standing at the top of the staircase 
closing the eyes & arms out wide
fallen in love with the casual pageantry of madness
the one & only
the...

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I dread the day when I get "the call"
When they tell me that you've gently slipped away
Well, at least I hope it will be gentle
As...

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Whispers from the trees speak welcome silence
Woody, soft-flesh souls grow in the silence.

Solid earth can feel like wavering space
The trick is stepping safe in careful...

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