Shimmering Twillight!

                                                       "Dhoop Kinaara"

This shore of the shimmering twilight,

the very brink of dust,

This time where the twin streams of time begin to merge,

 Which is no more day,

 and which is not yet night,

Which was never quite today,

nor will not be tomorrow

Which was for a moment eternity;

and the next moment,

                                   a vaporous wisp.

And in this very moment,

for a moment or two ..............

There was the fleeting vision of your face,

the timorous tinkling of your bangles

And this, our meeting, which was not all false,

and is not quite the truth...........

Why lament over it,

and why accuse,

                       and so hanker after which was never so.

The setting sun of this evening,

Will sink into the ocean blue of your eyes

And the blessed will sleep the sleep of the blessed

And the wanderer's will take to the pathways once more

                      

(Faiz Ahmed Faiz)                                       

  

God's Nature at perfection...........

just look at this...God's beauty n splendour at its best....
the sun just going to sink... 

now look at this photo...the sun has sunk lower...just as if being swallowed by the sea.....amazing....splendid
follow the next sunset 3....

ah ha....the sun is finally down now....just look at the color of the sky....omg......ruby red..pink....blue....wonderful..... so beautiful   

  

     So........its over now.......its gone...but my.......wasn't it great..??? 
                     so peaceful & romantic,revealing God's grandeur                                                     

Harsh Reality

Apney sard kamrey mein
mein udaas bethi hun                    
neem wa dareechon se
num hawaein aati hein
merey jism ko choo kar
Aag si lagati hein
tera naam ley ley kar
mujhko gudgudaati hein

Kaash merey par hotey
terey paas urr aati
kaash mein hawa hoti
tujh ko choo ke laut aati
mein nahi magar kuch bhi
sang-dil rawaajon ke
Aahney hissaaron mein
umar qaid ki mulzim
Sirf EIk Ladki Hun .....!!
 
 Parveen Shakir

After reading this sad and bitter yet also amazingly beautiful poem, I could not control it really; tears fell from my eyes, hot boiling tears, which often fall from a poet’s eyes.

This poem is, of course a true picture of the customs of this hard-hearted society and especially how this affects a girl’s life.

This shows how it makes a girl’s life so full of distress and longing, longing to escape from the chains of custom. The poem is full of her desires, those desires that remain unfulfilled all her life.

The poem is extremely emotional and anyone with a feeling heart is easily touched by it.

The poem depicts that in this male dominated society of ours, a girl also has a heart just as a boy has, a girl also has the same feelings, the same desires as every boy has-to gather the happiness of love, to become united with the beloved, but……………………………but her desires, her feelings and emotions have no value at all.

And she is only left with nothing except to say that”

I’m just a girl…………”

I’m nothing at all,
Encircled in iron chains,
Of hard-hearted custom,
A prisoner serving a life
Sentence,
I am just a girl………!