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Naseer Ahmed Nasir (April 01,1954 / Pakistan)
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* Lighthouse

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  Tell me, O moisture
Halted in the eternity of my eyes
Which stagnant epoch has confined you!
God weeps rain
On some land of pain
Why only one dropp of my tear
Has stuck on His lashes.

Tell me, O breeze of shores
The name of the city
In which she waits for me
Who told me in a drenched voyage
love is an island, grief the sail!
Tell me the releaving spell
I will perform the ritual
Of departing
And will meet her
In long rows of stony pillars
I will hold her in my arms
And will hand over her
Odysseys of the lands
In exchange for only one kiss!

Tell me, O sign of light
Whether the images of peakless
Rocks beneath the water
Are abstraction of olden centuries
Lying on the verge of eternity
Or sculptures of unreflected
Shrieks of slaves
Rowing in a fable!

Tell me, O magical bird
Flying over the waning immensity of time
Where is she
Whose memories have
Anchored the mast of ancient voices
In my heart.
Tell me, O star on land
Why travellers
Dream about you?

(Translated from the original Urdu by Parveen Tahir)

Naseer Ahmed Nasir


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  Patrick A. Martin  (7/20/2009 4:52:00 AM)

My God Naseer this is wonderful a masterpiece no less.
  Winnie Angel  (7/18/2009 1:58:00 AM)

its pricsless in terms of the thoughts and the beauty of the love.......Winnie
  Davon Montgomery  (7/15/2009 11:22:00 AM)

OMG I LOVE THIS IT WAS GOOD I LOVE IT SO
  Patricia Masterman  (7/8/2009 10:55:00 PM)

What a lovely, touching poem you've written. Ten is not really enough.
  Ashraful Musaddeq  (5/24/2009 1:13:00 AM)

Another legendery poem,10+++
  Ejaz Khan  (5/21/2009 10:16:00 AM)

An extremly beautiful poem, feels like as if you have dived and brought the pearls from the depths of sea and woven this poem of those. Excellent work, greetings!
Regards
  Shashendra Amalshan  (5/19/2009 10:31:00 PM)

good words of wisdom Nazeer, very effectively presented...you v chosen words very appropriately/....god weeps in rain...very true indeed...I m very glad that yesterday god cried in merryment and send tears of ecstasy to srilanka...war is over at last....tiger and lion can walk in hand to hand..thanks 10+++
  Obed Souza  (5/16/2009 9:03:00 PM)

It´s so beautiful! The imagery... I Just loved it without any logical reasons, I like the way it sounds, the word choice...... know what? It touched me
It´s so.... let me put it this way: aristocratic!
  Obinna Eruchie  (5/15/2009 3:33:00 PM)

it is wonderful. a lovely poem with a good discription.

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