Deciphering life with words, regrets, love, deceit, prose and poetry. Nature and life are one and the same for me. Like a lover who takes pleasure in writing a love letter to the beloved, I take pleasure in writing a letter to the soul. Nature is my soul.
Like the dewdrops remain with petals, serenity with spring and a silver lining with clouds; nature remains with me as soul with body. While deciphering life, I have tried to blend poetry with nature; the best love letter in the making! These shots have been taken at the place called ‘Panjpeer’ near Kahuta in Rawalpindi district, Pakistan.
Here is a collection of a few favorite pieces of Urdu poetry along with a loose English translation.
رات پھیلی ہے تیرے سرمئی آنچل کی طرح
چاند نکلا ہے تجھے ڈھونڈنے پاگل کی طرح
The night intensifies like your dark apparel
The moon embarks a deep struggle to find you
Poet: Kaleem Usmani
وہ بے وفا ہے تو کیا مت کہو برا اس کو
کہ جو ہوا سو ہوا خوش رکھے خدا اس کو
نظر نہ آئے تو اس کی تلاش میں رہنا
کہیں ملے تو پلٹ کر نہ دیکھنا اس کو
Do not call him callous even if he is a deserter
May he find happiness beside all deception
Be in his quest if he is out of sight but
Be oblivion if ever an encounter occurs
Poet: Naseer Turabi
یہ جو ہم ہیں نہ احساس میں جلتے ہوئے لوگ
ہم زمیں زاد نہ ہوتے تو ستارے ہوتے
Drenched in the fiery feelings, we are
like the stars if not human-like
سفر ختم نہ ہو تو مشکل اور
ختم ہو جائے تو اور مشکل
An expedition coupled with difficulties is terrible
But no expedition is even more terrible
عمر رائیگاں کردی تب یہ بات مانی ہے
موت اور محبت کی ایک ہی کہانی ہے
Being wasteful with life, consequently, I learn
Love and death are synonymous to each other
Poet: Noshi Gilani
بھیگے رستے، ہلکی برفباری ، گہری دُھند
آج کا موسم ، دل کے موسم جیسا ہے
Misty means, beguiled snowfall, abyssal haze
The heart is as heavy as the weather today
P.S: Only those credits have been given which I am sure of. Please give attribution if you know about the poets and the listed couplets. You can also drop in your favorite verses and couplets.
