❝Having lost both worlds for love of you, Something departs after a night of sorrow through. Deserted is the tavern, the jars and cups all sad, Since you left, even the days of spring have been made mad.❞
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a Pakistani poet and one of the most celebrated poets of the Urdu language. A leading member of the Progressive Writers' Movement, he blended romantic poetry with political activism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received the Lenin Peace Prize.
Dive into the deepest expressions of love through hand-picked verses by Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmad Faraz, and Parveen Shakir. This collection suits anniversaries, proposals, or simply telling someone how much they mean to you — ranging from the layered metaphors of classical ghazal to short, direct modern couplets.
❝Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for you, I had believed that you were all there was to make life shine through. From your radiance I had also imagined this dream, That all the sorrows of ages would be buried in your scheme.❞
❝Sometimes it happens just this way, The heart finds peace amid the fray. We know not why this feeling comes to stay, But when it does, it does — what more to say?❞
❝Speak, for your lips are still free, Speak, your tongue is still your own, Your upright body is yours, Speak, for your life is still your own. Look at the blacksmith's forge aflame, Sharp are the flames, red glows the iron, The mouths of locks begin to open, Every chain spreads wide its skirt.❞