Syed Ahmed Shah Poems

Like an aging nutch girl, the lone candle
flickered for a few seconds and died…
The smoke, unwillingly uncoiling,
rises a few inches from the dead wick
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When I see someone long suffering
Sinking in front of my eyes
I weep not for the dying
Nor for the ones to be left behind
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The day lay scattered on the cold marble floor
Like colorful beads escaping
From a torn rosary string...
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Translation of a poem by The Last Mughal Bahadur Shah Zafar

My heart finds no solace
In this barren garden
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The saber swishes through
A layer of air,
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Meet me
Before He
Snuffs out the Sun
Dries up the sea
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A STANZA ON SILENCE...

Today, I am going to write to my heart's content
A poem that was not meant to be written ever
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वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्

O mankind! revere your Guardian-Lord Who created you from a single person created of like nature his mate and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women (Holy Quran)
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I knock at my door
No answer
Perhaps, it is not my home...
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