Only The Remembrance Of My God Is Coming To Me, A Urdu Ghazal By Saqi Faruqi In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

Only The Remembrance Of My God Is Coming To Me, A Urdu Ghazal By Saqi Faruqi In English Translation

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Only the remembrance of my God is coming to me
While in such thoughts the church is calling me

I know very well I am just a handful of dust
How can you make me fly in the air? tell me

What spell is cast on me that I sigh every night?
Who is he who uses his lamps to start fires on me?

The more I think of him, the more I want to see him
He is making a mirage in the wilderness out of me

I stand here after a shower in my own tears
The darkness of my past ages is calling me

Thursday, November 30, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: life
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
mirā akelā ḳhudā yaad aa rahā hai mujhe
ye sochtā huā girjā bulā rahā hai mujhe

mujhe ḳhabar hai ki ik musht-e-ḳhāk huuñ phir bhī
tū kyā samajh ke havā meñ uḌā rahā hai mujhe

ye kyā tilism hai kyuuñ raat bhar sisaktā huuñ
vo kaun hai jo diyoñ meñ jalā rahā hai mujhe

usī kā dhyān hai aur pyaas baḌhtī jaatī hai
vo ik sarāb ki sahrā banā rahā hai mujhe

maiñ āñsuoñ meñ nahāyā huā khaḌā huuñ abhī
janam janam kā añdherā bulā rahā hai mujhe
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sy Wong 01 December 2017

I guess you do have a calling from God.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 30 November 2017

The darkness of the past ages goes so far while light of wisdom of God touches life. Only the remembrance of our God is coming to us and this remembrance is special. The more we think about God, the more we like to see him and feel him. This carries philosophic feelings in tender expression. A nice poem is beautifully translated...10

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