Sar Sar-Tor (Bare-Headed) L Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

Sar Sar-Tor (Bare-Headed) L



Sar sar-tor arrives the Majnun,
On Layla's heart, burned blood red.
You mocked them all,
You, who are cloud and rain
Dust and rock, music and musician
Far and close, stem and rose
You the forward wind -
Who bespoke the time's limit
The historian's ink to scribe.
Yet it shall expose its beauty
The little buds have eyes on garden.
Unless you are gone formless,
Your form shall never appear.
Unless drowned, you do not learn
To swim. Unless you break the walls
You will never erect new.
The vain pride, if not buried
Shall loom large over your head.
The past, unless you declare war
Upon. The future is not yours.

Sadiqullah Khan
Islamabad
September 22,2014.

Saturday, September 27, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: love and art
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Story of Mejnun - in wilderness
Unknown - Rozat-ol-Anwar (Khaju's Collection) Golestan Palace

Layla and Majnun (English: Possessed by madness for Layla; Persian: لیلی و مجنون عامری‎ (Leyli o Majnun): Arabic: مجنون لیلی‎ (Majnun Layla)) is a love story that originated as a short, anecdotal poem in ancient Arabia, later significantly expanded and popularized in a literary adaptation by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi who also wrote Khosrow and Shirin. It is the third of his five long narrative poems, Khamsa (the Quintet) .
@ Wikipedia

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, is a blues-rock album by Derek and the Dominos, released in November 1970, best known for its eponymous title track, "Layla". The album is often regarded as Eric Clapton‘s greatest musical achievement.
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born 30 March 1945) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and a top ranking guitarist. The original inspiration for the song Layla was taken from an old Persian poem 'Layla and Majnun'. Eric Clapton was hopelessly in love with Pattie Harrison, who inspired the song. Image @ cd and lp.com
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