31 years ago

qtr-2

the original qtr is;
judai hind shaban rot tool ikhna
gamav ditham dilas manz mool ikhna
chhalem gatezol gamuk chashman iyam gash
achherwalov chhu kormut zool ikhna

qtr no 2

My long night of loneliness drags on,
won’t you come?
to end my pain at advent of dawn,
won’t you come?
morning rays would see the tears that
I have shed,
my eyes have lit up a thousand lamps,
won’t you come?

hu--the sufi way

muzaffar ali is a class in himself.whatever he does , he does it with class.his rumi foundation has come out with vol 3 of hu the journal.this is muzaffar ali at his best. i do not intend to write a review, not right now at least.i am only making a mention with relation to nazki.where as nazki wrote hundreds of reams on sufi way in urdu and kashmiri he wrote at least to my knowledge only one paper on this subject in english, titled mysticism in kashmir and this has been included in hu.

a lovely image

from 'hu' the sufi way,a journal of the rumi foundation ,india

ruhi gani

Gani Kashmiri was one of the grand masters of persian poetry and hailed from Kashmir.he liveduring the reign of mughal king Aurangzeb.Nazki selected the best of Gani's poetry and introduced each verse to urdu readers.The book was published by Govt Information Dept and had title and the back cover by Santosh. A damaged copy is with me and this is how the Santosh paintings look.