Facebook Poem by Muhammad Shanazar

Yester-night I escaped
From loneliness,
Opened my Facebook account,
I beheld there was a rush,
Of loners sharing loneliness
Of one another;
And in this rush all were alone,
Lonesomeness peeped out,
From their faces,
Futility showed herself,
From the written expressions,
But before
The virus of meaninglessness,
Should overspread my body,
I logged off and hastened to
The work of Ghalib,
Absorbed myself
In the spell of its significance.
Seeing me embarrassed,
Ghalib spoke to me,
“I am dry lips of those who passed away
Having an urge for the madness of love
And a shrine for those who are sad hearted.”

Written By Akhtar Raza Saleemi
Translated By Muhammad Shanazar