Category: Poetry شاعری

25th December 2016

Chehra Mera Tha, Nigahen Uss Keen: Parveen Shakir’s Ghazal

Chehra Mera Tha, Nigahen Uss Keen is once of Parveen Shakir’s most loved Ghazals, which was immortalized by voice of Junaid Jamshed. Both were amazingly...

People / Poetry شاعری

17th December 2016

A Small Advice: Poem by Parveen Shakir

A Small Advice: Poem by Parveen Shakir If within course of conversation breaks of silence emerge and spoken words become silent; My eloquent friend, let’s listen carefully...

Poetry شاعری

7th November 2016

قطعہ کاوش عباسی – Urdu Qataa by Kawish Abbasi

تمہیں چاہنے کے ہیں بادل فضا ؤں میں میری تمہیں سوچنے کی نمی ہے ہوا ؤں میں میری تمہاری جُدائی سمائی ہے تن من...

Culture / People / Poetry شاعری

1st November 2016

Jimmy Engineer paints Javed Nama – Dr. Allama Iqbal greatest Persian Masnavi

In the forward of Javed Nama, Dr. Hamid Yazdani, translator of Farsi Iqbaliaat, documents that Allama Iqbal had a desire to have his greatest Farsi...

Mayae Ni Main Kinno Aakhan: Poem by Dr.Nayyar Samdani

Poetry شاعری

30th October 2016

Mayae Ni Main Kinno Aakhan: Poem by Dr.Nayyar Samdani

Mayae Ni Main Kinno Aakhan: Punjabi Poem by Dr. Nayyar Samdani of GCU Lahore.

Culture / People / Poetry شاعری

23rd October 2016

Poems from Prison by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mahmoud Dervish & Nazim Hikmet

I always thought that Faiz Ahmad Faiz owed a “Thank you” card to his Imprisoners. Just like that Pablo Neruda should have done the same to General Pinochet, Nazim Hikmet...

People / Poetry شاعری

19th October 2016

Naqsh Faryaadi Hai Kis Ki: Diwan-e-Ghalib’s Mysterious Prelude

Naqsh Faryaadi Hai Kis Ki Shokhi-e-Tehreer Ka Kaghazi Hai Pairahan her Paikar-e-Tasveer Ka Against whose embellished writing are my such words of lament Constructed of...

People / Poetry شاعری

8th October 2016

Parveen Shakir: Two Of Her Most Romantic Works

Parveen Shakir: Two Of Her Most Romantic Works A Simple Request Dear Lord, I understand the duty of a hostess. But please let it be...

Kuch Ishq Kiya, Kuch Kaam Kiya [Ishq Aur Kaam] - Faiz Ahmed Faiz

People / Poetry شاعری

2nd October 2016

Dil Na-Umeed to Nahin, Nakaam Hi to Hai – Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Faiz Ahmed Faiz faced a difficult life amidst military trials, accusations of sedition [rawalpindi sazish] and imprisonment, yet always remains a poet of hope and...

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People / Poetry شاعری / Religion

26th September 2016

Vishwamitra: In Kalam of Allama Iqbal – By Prof. M. Hassan

Vishwamitra was an Indian sage in the ancient times. He was the tutor of Ram. He lived the life of a hermit in a...

Music & Movies / Poetry شاعری

25th September 2016

Manzir: Remembering Faiz the Poet, the Artist

Manzir: Remembering Faiz the Poet, the Artist “Rah Guzar, sayey, shajar, manzil door, halqa-e-baam, Baam par seena-e-mahtab khulaa, ahistaa”.. These verses reveals the mastery of Faiz in...

Poetry شاعری

22nd September 2016

Ghazal by Kawish Abbasi

غزل – کاوش عباسی سبھی تیر جو مِرے تَن پہ ہیں ، ہیں عنایتیں میرے یار کی اُسی یار کی مِرے خوں نے دی جِسے...

Culture / People / Poetry شاعری

19th September 2016

Remembering the Genius of Parveen Shakir: Two poems for her Son

Parveen Shakir, besides being the most prominent poetess of Pakistan, was also renowned for her academic merits par-excellence and civil services. She was Fulbright Consortium Scholar at University of Saint...